Concentrations of mercury and other toxic elements in orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-73

  Julshamn, K ^a   Mage A ^a   Tyssebotn, I M B ^b   Saethre L J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; Orange roughy

Indexed keywords

MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MUSCLE TISSUES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; ORANGE ROUGHY; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FISH; HEAVY METALS; TISSUE;

MERCURY (METAL);

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MERCURY; MUSCLES;

HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 79959554276     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0296-x     Document Type: Article

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