Bioaccumulation of total and methyl mercury by arthropods

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Zheng, D M ^a,b   Wang, Q C ^a   Zhang, Z S ^a,b   Zheng, N ^a,b   Zhang, X W ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Food chain; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MEDIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MERCURY(III); METHYL MERCURY (MEHG); SPRINGER (CO); TOTAL MERCURY (THG);

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANNING; FOOD PRESERVATION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

METHYLMERCURY;

ACRIDA CHINENSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; LOCUST; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA MANILENSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATEN ODERA SINENSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CHINA; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FRESH WATER; INDUSTRY; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ACRIDA; ARTHROPODA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA MANILENSIS;

EID: 46249098228     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9393-x     Document Type: Article

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