Biomagnification of trace elements in the aquatic food web in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 504-515

  Ikemoto, Tokutaka ^a   Tu, Nguyen Phuc Cam ^a   Okuda, Noboru ^b,c   Iwata, Akihisa ^c   Omori, Koji ^b   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^b   Tuyen, Bui Cach ^d   Takeuchi, Ichiro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CARBON; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; DETOXIFICATION; FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CARBON ISOTOPES; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; METALS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SELENIUM; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

CRUSTACEA; PISCES;

EID: 40549120354     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9058-5     Document Type: Article

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