Metal concentrations in selected tissues and main prey species of the annulated sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus) in the Hara Protected Area, northeastern coast of the Persian Gulf, Iran

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 416-421

  Rezaie Atagholipour, Mohsen ^a   Riyahi Bakhtiari, Alireza ^b   Sajjadi, Mirmasoud ^a   Yap, Chee Kong ^c   Ghaffari, Sanaz ^b   Ebrahimi Sirizi, Zohreh ^b   Ghezellou, Parviz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Annulated Sea Snake; Hydrophis cyanocinctus; Iran; Metals; Mudskippers; Persian Gulf

Indexed keywords

ANNULATED SEA SNAKE; HYDROPHIS CYANOCINCTUS; IRAN; MUDSKIPPERS; PERSIAN GULF;

CADMIUM; METALS; TISSUE; VANADIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CADMIUM; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; VANADIUM;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEAD; NICKEL; PERCIFORM; SNAKE; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOLEOPHTHALMUS DUSSUMIERI; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HYDROPHIS CYANOCINCTUS; IRAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERIOPHTHALMUS WALTONI; PREY; REPTILE; SEA SNAKE; SEASHORE; SKIN; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROPHIDAE; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

BOLEOPHTHALMUS DUSSUMIERI; HYDROPHIIDAE; HYDROPHIS CYANOCINCTUS; PERIOPHTHALMUS; PERIOPHTHALMUS WALTONI; REPTILIA;

EID: 84856262115     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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