Difference of mercury bioaccumulation in red mullets from the north-western Mediterranean and Black seas

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 679-685

  Harmelin Vivien, M ^a   Cossa, D ^b   Crochet, S ^b   Banaru D ^a   Letourneur, Y ^a   Mellon Duval, C ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

15N; Black Sea; Mediterranean; Methylmercury; Mullidae; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

15N; BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN; METHYLMERCURY; MULLIDAE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; FISH; MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERCIFORM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; SMEGMAMORPHA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS; PISCES;

EID: 65049084435     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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