Total mercury and methylmercury in fish from a tropical estuary

WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 183-192

  Baeta A P ^a   Kehrig, H A ^b   Malm, O ^b   Moreira, I ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological parameters; Brazilian estuary; Different feeding habits; Methylmercury; Total mercury; Tropical fish species

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FISH; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REDUCING AGENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; FEEDING HABITS; METHYLMERCURY; TOTAL MERCURY; TROPICAL FISH SPECIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 36148950166     PISSN: 17433525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/ETOX060181     Document Type: Article

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