Total mercury and methyl mercury concentrations in fish from the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 95-105

  Agah, Homira ^a   Leermakers, Martine ^a   Elskens, Marc ^a   Fatemi, S Mohamad Reza ^b   Baeyens, Willy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Fish; Methyl mercury; Persian Gulf; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CASPIAN SEA; METHYL MERCURY; PERSIAN GULF; TOTAL MERCURY;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION MONITORING; TELEOST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FLOUNDER; IRAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES;

ARABIAN SEA; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MOGHAM PORT; PERSIAN GULF;

KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; NEMIPTERIDAE; NEMIPTERUS JAPONICUS; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDORHOMBUS ARSIUS; SAURIDA TUMBIL; SOLEA ELONGATA;

EID: 34247380367     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9281-0     Document Type: Article

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