Trace metals and organochlorines in the bamboo shark Chiloscyllium plagiosum from the southern waters of Hong Kong, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 335-345

  Cornish, Andrew S ^a,b   Ng, W C ^a   Ho, Valerie C M ^a   Wong, H L ^c   Lam, James C W ^c   Lam, Paul K S ^c   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WWF Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chiloscyllium plagiosum; Ecological risk; Marine pollution; Seafood safety

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; MARINE POLLUTION; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; ECOLOGICAL RISK; ORGANOCHLORINES; SEAFOOD SAFETY;

ANIMALS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEXANE; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SILVER; TRACE METAL; WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHARK; TRACE METAL; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; CHINA; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; FISHERMAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SHRIMP; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SHARKS; SPLEEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; HEMISCYLLIIDAE; PISCES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33947289984     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.070     Document Type: Article

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