Mercury biomagnification in the aquaculture pond ecosystem in the pearl river delta

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 491-499

  Cheng, Zhang ^a,b   Liang, Peng ^a   Shao, Ding Ding ^a   Wu, Sheng Chun ^a   Nie, Xiang Ping ^b   Chen, Kun Ci ^c   Li, Kai Bin ^c   Wong, Ming Hung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CYPRINID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; OMNIVORY; POND CULTURE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PONDS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

CIRRHINUS; CIRRHINUS MOLITORELLA; CTENOPHARYNGODON; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; SINIPERCA KNERI;

EID: 80054122077     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9641-z     Document Type: Article

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