Spatial distribution of ciguateric fish in the Republic of Kiribati

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-123

  Chan, Wing Hei ^a   Mak, Yim Ling ^a   Wu, Jia Jun ^a   Jin, Ling ^a   Sit, Wai Hung ^b   Lam, James Chung Wah ^a   Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne ^b   Chan, Leo Lai ^a   Lam, Paul Kwan Sing ^a   Murphy, Margaret B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ciguatera; Coral reef fish; Moray eel; Mouse neuroblastoma assay; Republic of Kiribati; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MUSCLE; REEFS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY;

CIGUATERA; CORAL REEF FISH; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; KIRIBATI; NEUROBLASTOMAS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION;

FISH;

CIGUATOXIN;

ASSAY; CARNIVORE; CORRELATION; EEL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERBIVORE; MAGNITUDE; OMNIVORY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REEF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; TOXIN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CIGUATERA; CORAL; CORAL REEF; EEL; EXTRACTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POISONING; HERBIVORE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION; KIRIBATI; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; WEIGHT;

KIRIBATI; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; CIGUATERA; GYMNOTHORAX; MURAENIDAE;

EID: 79956124760     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.036     Document Type: Article

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