Bioaccumulation of mercury in the pelagic food chain of the Lake Baikal

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1378-1384

  Ciesielski, T ^a   Pastukhov, M V ^b   Szefer, P ^c   Jenssen, B M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b VINOGRADOV INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baikal seal; Fish; Lake Baikal; Mercury; Plankton; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; BAIKAL SEAL; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LAKE BAIKAL; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW LEVEL; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PELAGIC FOOD; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; TROPHIC TRANSFER; ZOOBENTHOS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PINNIPED; PLANKTON; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PELAGIC SPECIES; PLANKTON; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HUNGARY; LIVER; MERCURY; PHOCA; PLANKTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

PHOCA SIBIRICA;

EID: 76749103739     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.12.070     Document Type: Article

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