Influence of fish size and sex on mercury/PCB concentration: Importance for fish consumption advisories

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-434

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a,b,c   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a,b   Fletcher, Rachael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish advisories; Fish length; Mercury; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sex; Sport fish

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPORTS;

FISH ADVISORY; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH LENGTH; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NORTHERN PIKES; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; SMALLMOUTH BASS; SPORTFISH;

FISH;

MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; SEX RATIO;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER POLLUTANT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

ESOX LUCIUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PERCA; PISCES; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 78751633047     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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