Methylmercury bioconcentration in muscle tissue of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from the Adour estuary (Bay of Biscay, France)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1031-1036

  Arleny, Ina ^a,b   Tabouret, Hélène ^c   Rodriguez Gonzalez, Pablo ^a   Bareille, Gilles ^a   Donard, Olivier F X ^a   Amouroux, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b Provincial Health Laboratory of Central Kalimantan   (Indonesia)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; CARNIVORE; EEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHYLMERCURY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUSCLE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EEL; ESTUARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRANCE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; RIVERS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADOUR RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 34447294027     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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