Mercury concentration in fillets of Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) caught in the Barents Sea in January 2006

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 345-349

  Julshamn, Kåre ^a   Grøsvik, Bjørn Einar ^a   Nedreaas, Kjell ^a   Maage, Amund ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Greenland halibut; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEFROSTING; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

FILLETS; FISH; GREENLAND HALIBUT; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

MERCURY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BODY MASS; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; FISHING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SEAWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FREEZING; GREENLAND; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUNDER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES;

EID: 33751084839     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.09.030     Document Type: Article

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