Essential versus potentially toxic dietary substances: A seasonal comparison of essential fatty acids and methyl mercury concentrations in the planktonic food web

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-270

  Kainz, Martin ^b   Arts, Michael T ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Essential fatty acids; Methyl mercury; Planktonic food webs; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CANNING; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD PRESERVATION; MERCURY (METAL); NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN HABITATS;

COASTAL LAKES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC (DHA) ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC (EPA) ACIDS; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS (EFA); ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; FOOD WEBS; LINOLEIC; LINOLENIC; MESOZOOPLANKTON; METHYL MERCURY (MEHG); PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

ACIDS;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; METHYLMERCURY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SESTON; TAXONOMY; TOXICITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLADOCERA; FISH; FOOD WEB; LAKE; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FOOD CHAIN; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PLANKTON; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA;

EID: 48349106674     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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