Bioaccumulation of mercury in muscle tissue of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, of the eastern Pacific Ocean

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 606-620

  Ordiano Flores, Alfredo ^a   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^b   Rosiles Martínez, Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Eastern Pacific Ocean; Health threat; Mercury; Thunnus albacares

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; THUNNUS ALBACARES; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUNA;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 84155165488     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9136-4     Document Type: Article

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