Selective exploitation of large pike Esox lucius-Effects on mercury concentrations in fish populations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 399, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 33-40

  Sharma, Chhatra Mani ^a   Borgstrøm, Reidar ^a   Huitfeldt, Jørgen Sinkaberg ^a   Rosseland, Bjørn Olav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Growth biodilution; Mercury; Pike; Selective exploitation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; GROWTH KINETICS; TISSUE CULTURE;

GROWTH BIODILUTION; SELECTIVE EXPLOITATION;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CANNIBALISM; CYPRINID; EXPLOITATION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCID; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOX LUCIUS; FISH; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH HAZARD; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESOCIDAE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NORWAY; PERCHES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AKERSHUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE ARUNGEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 44649185579     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.03.026     Document Type: Article

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