Mercury and its relation with selenium in the liver of Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) off the Sanriku coast of Japan

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 669-673

  Yang, Jian ^a,b   Kunito, Takashi ^c   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^d   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dall's porpoises; Detoxification; Equimolar accumulation; Mercury; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COASTAL ZONES; DETOXIFICATION; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM;

DALL'S PORPOISES; DRY WEIGHT; EQUIMOLAR ACCUMULATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETOXIFICATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PORPOISE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DETOXIFICATION; DRY WEIGHT; JAPAN; LIVER; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORPOISES; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; SANRIKU; TOHOKU;

PHOCOENOIDES DALLI;

EID: 34249313969     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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