High mercury concentrations reflect trophic ecology of three deep-water chondrichthyans

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 618-625

  Newman, Michael C ^a   Xu, Xiaoyu ^a   Cotton, Charles F ^a   Tom, Kyle R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MERCURY; NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP WATER; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; HARVESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CENTROSCYMNUS COELOLEPIS; ECOLOGY; ETMOPTERUS PRINCEPS; FISH; HYDROLAGUS AFFINIS; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MERCURY; MUSCLES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CENTROSCYMNUS COELOLEPIS; ETMOPTERUS PRINCEPS; HYDROLAGUS AFFINIS;

EID: 79955938340     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9584-4     Document Type: Article

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