Mercury and nitrogen isotope in a marine species from a tropical coastal food web

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-271

  Di Beneditto, Ana Paula Madeira ^a   Bittar, Vanessa Trindade ^a   Camargo, Plínio Barbosa ^b   Rezende, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Kehrig, Helena Amaral ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; NITROGEN 15;

CARNIVORE; COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; DEMERSAL FISH; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PELAGIC FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXICITY TEST; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; FISH; FOOD WEB; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRIMP; SQUID; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRAZIL;

CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS;

EID: 84856968558     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9701-z     Document Type: Article

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