Selenium and mercury in pelagic fish in the central North Pacific near Hawaii

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-254

  Kaneko, J John ^a   Ralston, Nicholas V C ^b  

^a PacMar Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Fish; Mercury; Methylmercury; Seafood; Seafood safety; Selenium

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ACANTHOCYBIUM SOLANDRI; ALOPIUS VULPINUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; LAMPRIS GUTTATUS; LEPIDOCYBIUM FLAVOBRUNNEUM; MAKAIRA MAZARA; NONHUMAN; ORDO; SEA FOOD; TARACTICHTHYS STEINDACHNERI; TETRAPTURUS ANGUSTIROSTRIS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS; TUNA; UNITED STATES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HAWAII; MERCURY; PACIFIC OCEAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GEMPYLIDAE; ISTIOPHORINAE; KATSUWONUS; LAMPRIDIDAE; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; SCOMBRIDAE; TARACTICHTHYS STEINDACHNERI; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 36048932325     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-007-8004-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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