Total mercury content found in edible tissues of top predator fish from the Gulf of California, Mexico

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-522

  García Hernández, Jaqueline ^a   Cadena Cárdenas, Lázaro ^a   Betancourt Lozano, Miguel ^a   García De La Parra, Luz Maria ^a   García Rico, Leticia ^a   Márquez Farías, Fernando ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Edible tissues; Gulf of California; Mercury; Mining; Sharks

Indexed keywords

EDIBLE TISSUES; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; SHARKS;

CORRELATION METHODS; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; RISKS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

TISSUE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GUIDELINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PELAGIC FISH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PREDATOR; SHARK; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SINALOA;

CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; EPINEPHELINAE; NASOLAMIA VELOX; PISCES; RHIZOPRIONODON LONGURIO; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNA ZYGAENA;

EID: 34447136013     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240601165594     Document Type: Article

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