Hg, Zn and Cu levels in the muscle and liver of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) from the coast of Ishigaki Island, Japan: Relationship between metal concentrations and body length

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1774-1780

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b   Kato, Yoshihisa ^c   Ohta, Chiho ^d   Koga, Nobuyuki ^d  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^c TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body length; Cadmium; Copper; Mercury; Silvertip sharks (Carcharhinus albimarginatus); Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier); Zinc

Indexed keywords

CANNING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; FOOD PRESERVATION; LANDFORMS; LIVER; METALS; MUSCLE; ZINC;

BODY LENGTH; CADMIUM; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS; RAPID GROWTH; SILVERTIP SHARKS (CARCHARHINUS ALBIMARGINATUS); TIGER SHARKS; TIGER SHARKS (GALEOCERDO CUVIER);

MERCURY (METAL);

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BODY SIZE; COPPER; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATURATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SHARK;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COPPER; JAPAN; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHARKS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

CARCHARHINUS ALBIMARGINATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER;

EID: 52949105330     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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