Role of living environments in the accumulation characteristics of heavy metals in fishes and crabs in the Yangtze River Estuary, China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1163-1171

  Zhao, Shou ^a   Feng, Chenghong ^a   Quan, Weimin ^b   Chen, Xiaofeng ^a   Niu, Junfeng ^a   Shen, Zhenyao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation mechanism; Correlation; Health risk assessment; Heavy metal; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FISH; BIOINDICATOR; BOTTOM WATER; ENVIRONMENT FACTORS; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; METAL BIOACCUMULATION; METAL LEVELS; PELAGIC FISH; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELLFISH; SURFACE WATERS; TISSUE;

FISH;

HEAVY METAL;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BOTTOM WATER; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; PELAGIC FISH; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SURFACE WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; COILIA NASUS; COLLICHTHYS LUCIDUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CYNOGLOSSUS GRACILIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERIOCHEIR LEPTOGNATHUS; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HARPODON NEHEREUS; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PELTEOBAGRUS NITIDUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; TREND STUDY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

COLLICHTHYS LUCIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR LEPTOGNATHUS; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; PISCES;

EID: 84861958499     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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