Assessment of total mercury levels in Clarias gariepinus from the Sagua la Grande River, Cuba

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-105

  De La Rosa, D ^a   Lima, L ^a   Olivares Rieumont, S ^a   Graham, D W ^b   Enriquez, I ^a   Diaz, O ^c   Bastias J M ^d   Munoz O ^e  

^a Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas InSTEC   (Cuba)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Clarias gariepinus; Mercury; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; FISH CONSUMPTIONS; MERCURY; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATIONS; MERCURY LEVELS; PLANT DISCHARGES; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPICAL RIVERS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; FISH; MEATS; RIVERS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEX;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CATFISHES; CUBA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 57849127108     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9568-5     Document Type: Article

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