Trophic structure and biomagnification of mercury in an assemblage of deepwater chondrichthyans from southeastern Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 451, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-174

  Pethybridge, H ^a,d,e   Butler, E C V ^b   Cossa, D ^c   Daley, R ^b   Boudou, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Ultramarine Concepts   (Australia)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Deep sea; Elasmobranchs; Hg; Stable Isotopes; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

CENTROSCYMNUS; ELASMOBRANCHII; ETMOPTERUS BAXTERI; SQUALIFORMES; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 84859776799     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09593     Document Type: Article

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