Accumulation and elimination of methylmercury in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) following dietary exposure

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-330

  Amlund, Heidi ^a   Lundebye, Anne Katrine ^a   Berntssen, Marc H G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Aquaculture; Atlantic cod; Atlantic salmon; Dietary exposure; Elimination; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; MERCURY; METHANOL; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; GADOID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; FOOD SAFETY; HALF LIFE TIME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GADUS MORHUA; LIPIDS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; PROTEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALMO SALAR; TIME FACTORS;

GADUS MORHUA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 34347366181     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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