Mercury transport and bioaccumulation in riverbank communities of the Alvarado Lagoon System, Veracruz State, Mexico

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 388, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 316-324

  Guentzel, Jane L ^a   Portilla, Enrique ^b   Keith, Katherine M ^c   Keith, Edward O ^c  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alvarado Lagoon System; Fish; Hair; Mercury; Mexico; Sediment; Veracruz

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ALVARADO LAGOON SYSTEM (ALS); BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; WATER COLUMN;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

MERCURY; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; LAGOON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAIR; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; MERCURY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RIVERS; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALVARADO LAGOON; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

EID: 37849043598     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.060     Document Type: Article

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