Stable isotope-guided analysis of biomagnification profiles of arsenic species in a tropical mangrove ecosystem

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 124-134

  Tu, Nguyen Phuc Cam ^a   Agusa, Tetsuro ^b,c   Ha, Nguyen Ngoc ^b   Tuyen, Bui Cach ^d,e   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^b   Takeuchi, Ichiro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^e Vietnam Environmental Protection Administration   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Arsenic species; Arsenobetaine; Biomagnification; Stable isotope ratio; Tropical mangrove ecosystem; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC SPECIES; ARSENOBETAINE; BIOMAGNIFICATION; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; STABLE ISOTOPES; VIET NAM;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BARIUM; ISOTOPES; TROPICS; USER INTERFACES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOCHOLINE; CACODYLIC ACID; CARBON 13; METHANEARSONIC ACID; NITROGEN 15; TETRAMETHYLARSONIUM ION; TRIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANGROVE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; TROPICAL MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARSENICALS; AVICENNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

VIET NAM;

EID: 79960370152     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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