Seasonal fluctuations of tissue mercury contents in the European shore crab Carcinus maenas from low and high contamination areas (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1450-1457

  Pereira, E ^a   Abreu, S N ^a   Coelho, J P ^a   Lopes, C B ^a   Pardal, M A ^c   Vale, C ^b   Duarte, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Elimination; Mercury; Organic mercury; Ria de Aveiro; Shore crab; Uptake

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; MERCURY (METAL); TISSUE;

CARCINUS MAENAS; ORGANIC MERCURY; SHORE CRABS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

COASTAL LAGOON; CRAB; ESTUARY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NAVIGATION CHANNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINUS MAENAS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRAB; EUROPE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GILL; HEPATOPANCREAS; LAGOON; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; GILLS; HEPATOPANCREAS; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; MUSCLES; PORTUGAL; SEASONS;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33750442218     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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