Inorganic and methylmercury: Do they transfer along a tropical coastal food web?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2350-2356

  Kehrig, Helena A ^a   Seixas, Tércia G ^b   Baêta, Aída P ^b   Malm, Olaf ^a   Moreira, Isabel ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Aquatic biota; Biomagnification; Trophic transfer; Tropical ecosystem; Vertical trophic guilds; Water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; BIOMAGNIFICATION; TROPHIC TRANSFER; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS; VERTICAL TROPHIC GUILDS;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

MERCURY (METAL);

INORGANIC MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MICROPLANKTON; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ESTUARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD WEB; PLANKTON; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLANKTON; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78650222665     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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