Bioaccumulation of mercury in fish exposed to experimentally contaminated water and sediment

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 854-860

  De Carvalho, S ^a   Lombardi, J V ^b   Paiva, M J T R ^b   De Franca Monkolski J G ^a   Ferreira, J R ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CICHLIDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33846380901     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1222-5     Document Type: Article

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