Mercury and selenium levels in 19 species of saltwater fish from New Jersey as a function of species, size, and season

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1418-1429

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Mercury; Molar ratio; Risk balancing; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BLUEFIN TUNA; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; END CONSUMERS; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH LENGTH; FISH SPECIES; HOMEOSTATIC REGULATIONS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY LEVELS; MOLAR RATIO; NEW JERSEY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; THUNNUS THYNNUS; WET WEIGHT;

FISH; HEALTH RISKS; SELENIUM;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FISH; HEALTH RISK; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRIPED BASS; THUNNUS THYNNUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; MUSCLES; NEW JERSEY; SEASONS; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 79951812452     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.034     Document Type: Article

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