Stable isotope ratios and mercury levels in red meat products from baleen whales sold in Japanese markets

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-41

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Hotta, Yohei ^a   Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Sato, Rie ^b   Haraguchi, Koichi ^c   Funahashi, Naoko ^d   Baker, C Scott ^e  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b SI Science Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryde's whale; Fin whale; Mercury; Minke whale; Sei whale; Stable isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHALE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; MIGRATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RED MEAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIO; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84858284126     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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