Empirical models to identify mechanisms driving reductions in tissue mercury concentration during culture of farmed southern bluefin tuna Thunnnus maccoyii

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2009-2017

  Balshaw, S ^a,b,c   Edwards, J W ^a,c   Ross, K E ^a,c   Ellis, D ^c,e   Padula, D J ^c,d,e   Daughtry, B J ^c,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Aquafin Cooperative Research Centre Henley Beach   (Australia)

^d Food Standards Australia New Zealand   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Australia; Growth dilution; Mercury accumulation; Southern bluefin tuna; Thunnus maccoyii

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DILUTION; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

AUSTRALIA; GROWTH DILUTION; MERCURY ACCUMULATION; SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PERCIFORM; REDUCTION;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; TUNA;

AGING; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; MERCURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 56949101895     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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