Risk assessment of trace elements in the stomach contents of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins and Finless Porpoises in Hong Kong waters

Chemosphere

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1175-1182

  Hung, Craig L H ^a   Lau, Ridge K F ^a   Lam, James C W ^a   Jefferson, Thomas A ^b   Hung, Samuel K ^c   Lam, Michael H W ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Reference dose; Risk quotient; Toxicity reference value

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

REFERENCE DOSE; RISK QUOTIENT; TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUE;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SEA WATER; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

DOLPHIN; PORPOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CONTENT; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; HONG KONG; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROMETER; STOMACH CONTENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

MAMMALIA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE; SOUSA CHINENSIS; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 33845364115     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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