Mercury concentrations of two toothfish and three of its prey species from the Pacific sector of the Antarctic

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-42

  Hanchet, Stuart M ^a   Tracey, Dianne ^a   Dunn, Alistair ^a   Horn, Peter ^a   Smith, Neville ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antimora; CCAMLR; Chionobathyscus; Dissostichus; Macrourus

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LONGEVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; PERCIFORM; PREY CAPTURE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANTIMORA; ANTIMORA ROSTRATA; CHIONOBATHYSCUS; CHIONOBATHYSCUS DEWITTI; DISSOSTICHUS; DISSOSTICHUS ELEGINOIDES; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; MACROURUS; MACROURUS WHITSONI;

EID: 84856714144     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000654     Document Type: Article

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