Biomagnification of mercury through the benthic food webs of a temperate estuary: Masan Bay, Korea

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1254-1263

  Kim, Eunhee ^a,b   Kim, Hyunji ^c   Shin, Kyung Hoon ^d   Kim, Min Seob ^d   Kundu, Sampa Rani ^a   Lee, Byeong Gweon ^a   Han, Seunghee ^c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Food web; Magnification; Mercury; Methylmercury; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BIOTA; BENTHIC FISH; BENTHIC FOOD WEBS; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD WEBS; MAGNIFICATION; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; METHYL MERCURY; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

BIOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ECOLOGY;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATERS; DRY WEIGHT; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; KOREA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; KOREA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

MASAN BAY; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTH KYONGSANG;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861222654     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1809     Document Type: Article

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