Consistently low mercury concentrations in dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus, an oceanic pelagic predator

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 697-701

  Adams, Douglas H ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Dolphin; Dorado; Heavy metals; Mahi mahi; Mercury; Recreational and commercial fishery

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PELAGIC FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATOR; WATER POLLUTION;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; DOLPHINFISH; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC FISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FLORIDA; FOOD CHAIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; MUSCLES; PERCIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHOCYBIUM; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE; SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 67649414911     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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