Bioaccumulation of mercury in the trophic chain of flatfish from the Baltic Sea

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 585-591

  Polak Juszczak, Lucyna ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic factors; Flatfish; Marine environment; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HISTOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; SEAWATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY POLLUTION; FLATFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINATION; TROPHIC CHAINS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY; SEA WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CLUPEOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FLATFISH; ISOPOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLATFISH; FOOD CHAIN; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SADURIA ENTOMON; SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 84864505406     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.057     Document Type: Article

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