Levels of mercury and organochlorine compounds and stable isotope ratios in three tuna species taken from different regions of Japan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5971-5978

  Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b   Endo, Tetsuya ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBACORE TUNA; BLUEFIN TUNA; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LIFE SPAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; N VALUE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTHERN REGIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RANGE MIGRATION; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC POSITION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DIETARY SHIFT; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOCHLORINE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALBACORE TUNA; ARTICLE; BLUEFIN TUNA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; LIFESPAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TUNA; WATER CONTAMINATION; YELLOWFIN TUNA;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; JAPAN; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 77955111078     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1008856     Document Type: Article

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