Relationships between total and organic mercury concentrations in tissues and length of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from the Portuguese coast;Relación entre las concentraciones de mercurio total y orgánico en tejidos de delfines comunes (Delphinus delphis) y su longitud a lo largo de la costa portuguesa

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 32, Issue 2 B, 2006, Pages 379-387

  Cecílio, Patricia ^a   Raimundo, J ^a   Canario J ^a   Vale, Carlos ^a   Sequeira, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Delphinus delphis; Length; Organic mercury; Portuguese coast; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

EID: 33747421747     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v32i22.1094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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