Bioaccumulation of trace elements in pelagic fish from the Western Indian Ocean

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 548-566

  Kojadinovic, Jessica ^a,b,c   Potier, Michel ^d   Le Corre, Matthieu ^a   Cosson, Richard P ^b   Bustamante, Paco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Contamination; Detoxification; Fish; Guidelines; Metals

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUTRITION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ICHTHYOFAUNA; METALLOTHIONEIN LINKING METALS; PELAGIC FISH; REPRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; DETOXIFICATION; MARINE POLLUTION; METALLOTHIONEIN; PELAGIC FISH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PELAGIC FISH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; TUNA; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL; REUNION;

THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33847175234     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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