Trace elements and stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) in shallow and deep-water organisms from the East China Sea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 862-873

  Asante, Kwadwo Ansong ^a,b   Agusa, Tetsuro ^a,c   Mochizuki, Hiroko ^a   Ramu, Karri ^a   Inoue, Suguru ^a   Kubodera, Tsunemi ^d   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Subramanian, Annamalai ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Marine organisms; Stable isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BARIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ECOLOGY; FISH; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); MOLYBDENUM; RUBIDIUM; SILVER; TRACE ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; CO CONCENTRATIONS; EAST CHINA SEA; EAST CHINA SEAS; FOOD WEBS; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE ORGANISMS; N VALUES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC POSITIONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BARIUM; COBALT; COPPER; MOLYBDENUM; SILVER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INVERTEBRATES; ISOTOPES; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; OCEANS AND SEAS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 55849123286     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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