Reduction of mercury levels in cultured bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis, using feed with relatively low mercury levels

Aquaculture

Volumn 288, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 226-232

  Nakao, Masashi ^a   Seoka, Manabu ^a   Nakatani, Masahiro ^a   Okada, Tokihiko ^a   Miyashita, Shigeru ^a   Tsukamasa, Yasuyuki ^a   Kawasaki, Ken ichi ^a   Ando, Masashi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Fish culture; Food safety; Horse mackerel; Mercury; Muscle

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; REDUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AMMODYTIDAE; EQUIDAE; SCOMBER AUSTRALASICUS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 60749097093     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.11.035     Document Type: Article

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