Intra- and inter-specific variability in total and methylmercury bioaccumulation by eight marine fish species from the Azores

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1654-1662

  Magalhães, Maria C ^a   Costa, Valentina ^a   Menezes, Gui M ^a   Pinho, Mário R ^a   Santos, Ricardo S ^a   Monteiro, Luís R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Biomagnification; Marine fishes; Total and methylmercury

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE; NUTRITION;

AZORES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; MARINE FISHES; TOTAL AND METHYLMERCURY;

FISH;

METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; METHYLMERCURY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONGER CONGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; LEPIDOPUS CAUDATUS; MORA MORO; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PAGELLUS ACARNE; PHYCIS BLENNOIDES; PHYCIS PHYCIS; POLYPRION AMERICANUS; TRACHURUS PICTURATUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLES; PORTUGAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CONGER CONGER; LEPIDOPUS CAUDATUS; MORA MORO; PAGELLUS ACARNE; PHYCIS PHYCIS; PISCES; POLYPRION AMERICANUS; TRACHURUS PICTURATUS;

EID: 34648858614     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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