Accumulation of heavy metals to assess the health status of swordfish in a comparative analysis of Mediterranean and Atlantic areas

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1920-1925

  Damiano, Simone ^a   Papetti, Patrizia ^b   Menesatti, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Atlantic; Heavy metals; Mediterranean; Swordfish

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ATLANTIC; CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FISH SPECIES; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE TISSUES; POPULATION HEALTH; SWORDFISH; TOP PREDATOR; TOXIC METALS;

CADMIUM; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TISSUE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH STATUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWORDFISH; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METALS, HEAVY; PERCIFORMES; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 79960412097     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.04.028     Document Type: Article

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