Assessment of total mercury level in fish collected from East Calcutta Wetlands and Titagarh sewage fed aquaculture in west bengal, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 618-622

  Bhattacharyya, Subarna ^a   Chaudhuri, Punarbasu ^b   Dutta, Siddartha ^c   Santra, Subhas Chandra ^d  

^a RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Mercury; Sewage fed aquaculture

Indexed keywords

BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; CONTROL AREA; FISH MUSCLES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MERCURY; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY CONTENT; POND WATER; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; PREGNANT WOMAN; TOTAL MERCURIES; WEST BENGAL , INDIA; WET WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; FISH; FOOD SUPPLY; SEWAGE; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CIRRHINUS; MONODONTA; TILAPIA;

EID: 77954440170     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-9972-5     Document Type: Article

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