Mercury exposure in the freshwater tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2694-2701

  Wang, Rui ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^b   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biokinetic study; Exposure pathway; Fish; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FOOD; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOKINETIC STUDY; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; FRESHWATER FISHES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; INORGANIC MERCURY; MERCURY; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY EXPOSURE; MERCURY SPECIES; METHYL MERCURY; MODELING RESULTS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; RADIOTRACER TECHNIQUES; UPTAKE RATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CARBON; RATE CONSTANTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; MERCURY; MERCURY 203; METHYLMERCURY; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOACCUMULATION; CICHLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER FISH; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ISOTOPE LABELING; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TOXICOKINETICS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; KINETICS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 77958031231     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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