Contamination levels of mercury and cadmium in melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) from a mass stranding on the Japanese coast

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 401, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b   Baker, C Scott ^c  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Kidney; Liver; Melon headed whale; Methyl mercury; Muscle; Selenium; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LIVER; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE;

DEMETHYLATION; KIDNEY; MELON-HEADED WHALES; METHYL MERCURY; MOLAR RATIO; TOTAL MERCURY;

MAMMALS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; MERCURY; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUSCLE; SELENIUM; WHALE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); JAPANESE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CITIES; COPPER; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLES; SEAWATER; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

PEPONOCEPHALA; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA;

EID: 44749083359     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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