Mercury bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in sympatric snapper species from the gulf of Mexico

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2100-2110

  Bank, Michael S ^a   Chesney, Edward ^b   Shine, James P ^a   Maage, Amund ^a,c   Senn, David B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Gray snapper; Gulf of Mexico; Lutjanus campechanus; Lutjanus griseus; Marine; Mercury; Red snapper

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FISHING INDUSTRY; MARINA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SYMPATRY; TOXICITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; LUTJANUS GRISEUS;

CARBON; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; SHIP; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; LOUISIANA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PERCIFORMES; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 39049133082     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1422.1     Document Type: Article

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