Seasonal differences in mercury accumulation in Trichiurus lepturus (Cutlassfish) in relation to length and weight in a Northeast Brazilian estuary

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-430

  Costa, Monica Ferreira ^a,b   Barbosa, Scheyla C T ^a   Barletta, Mário ^a,b   Dantas, David V ^a   Kehrig, Helena A ^c   Seixas, Tércia G ^c,d   Malm, Olaf ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ecologia e Gerenciamento de Ecossistemas Costeiros e Estuarinos (IEGEA)   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; CVAAS; Goiana River estuary; Marine straggler; Pscivorous fish; Risk assessment; Seasonal changes; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CORRELATION; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD CHAIN; LAND USE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; TROPICAL REGION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACTINOPTERYGII; CARNIVORA; CRUSTACEA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; PERCIFORMES; TRICHIURIDAE; TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS;

MERCURY; RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; RIVER; SEA; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCIFORMES; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70349392826     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0120-x     Document Type: Article

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