Heavy metal distribution in two cetacean species from Rio de Janeiro State, south-eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1117-1120

  De Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo Veiga ^a   Di Beneditto, Ana Paula M ^a   Souza, Cristina Maria M ^a   Ramos, Renata M A ^b   Rezende, Carlos Eduardo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Everest Tecnologia Em Serviços Ltda   (Brazil)

^c WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Cutlassfish; Heavy metals; Marine mammals; Mercury; South eastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; CETACEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREY PREFERENCE; ZINC;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CETACEA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; MAMMALIA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; TRICHIURIDAE; TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS;

EID: 51349147220     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000325     Document Type: Article

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