Total mercury levels in selected tissues of some marine crustaceans from Persian Gulf, Iran: Variations related to length, weight and sex

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-64

  Elahi, Mehdi ^a,b   Esmaili Sari, Abbas ^b   Bahramifar, Nader ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Length; Mercury; Sex

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EDIBLE TISSUE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; LENGTH; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; PERSIAN GULF; SEX; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TRACE METAL;

MUSCLE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PALINURIDAE; PENAEIDAE; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; MALE; MERCURY; PALINURIDAE; PENAEIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS; THENUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 84856598876     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0451-4     Document Type: Article

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