Mercury and selenium in blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius, L. 1758) from two areas of the Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-380

  Branco, Vasco ^a   Vale, Carlos ^a   Canário, João ^a   Santos, Miguel Neves dos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Blue shark; Mercury; Selenium; Swordfish

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DETOXIFICATION; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLUE SHARK; SWORDFISH;

FISH;

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; SELENIUM; SHARK; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; NONHUMAN; SHARK; WATER CONTAMINATION; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; PERCIFORMES; SELENIUM; SHARKS; SHELLFISH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PRIONACE GLAUCA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 36549045065     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.040     Document Type: Article

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