Why mercury concentration increases with fish size? Biokinetic explanation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 163, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-198

  Dang, Fei ^a   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Allometry; Biokinetics; Fish; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ALLOMETRICS; ALLOMETRY; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIO-KINETIC PARAMETERS; BIOKINETICS; EFFLUX RATE; INORGANIC MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; METHYLMERCURY; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEABREAM; SIZE RANGES; TOTAL MERCURIES; UPTAKE RATE;

MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS;

FISH;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; JUVENILE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; KINETICS; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SEA BREAM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; SEA BREAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII;

EID: 84862801902     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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