Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of mercury in striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and tautog (Tautoga onitis) from the Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 117-128

  Piraino, Maria N ^a   Taylor, David L ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food web; Mercury; Morone saxatilis; Stable isotope; Striped bass; Tautog; Tautoga onitis; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; MERCURY; MORONE SAXATILIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRIPED BASS; TAUTOG; TAUTOGA ONITIS; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC LINES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; FOOD ADDITIVES; ISOTOPES; MEATS; MUSCLE; TARGETS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

MERCURY (METAL);

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; PERCIFORM; PREY PREFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BASS; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCIFORMES; RHODE ISLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; TAUTOGA ONITIS;

EID: 60449089203     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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