Possibility for decreasing of mercury content in bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis by fish culture

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 724-731

  Nakao, Masashi ^a   Seoka, Manabu ^a   Tsukamasa, Yasuyuki ^a   Kawasaki, Ken Ichi ^a   Ando, Masashi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Full cycle cultured bluefin tuna; Internal organ; Lipid; Mercury; Muscle

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 34250206349     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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