Mercury distribution in fish organs and food regimes: Significant relationships from twelve species collected in French Guiana (Amazonian basin)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 262-270

  Régine, Maury Brachet ^a   Gilles, Durrieu ^a   Yannick, Dominique ^a   Alain, Boudou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Fish; Food regimes; French Guiana; Organs; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

FISH; FOOD REGIMES; FRENCH GUIANA; SKELETAL MUSCLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ACCUMULATION; FISH; HERBIVORE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUSCLE; PISCIVORE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRENCH GUIANA; GILL; HERBIVORY; INGESTION; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PERIPHYTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRENCH GUIANA; GILLS; GOLD; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; MUSCLES; RIVERS; STOMACH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FRENCH GUIANA; MARONI RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746652579     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.077     Document Type: Article

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