Mercury distribution in muscles and internal organs of the juvenile and adult Baltic cod (Gadus morrhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758)

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Kwaśniak, Justyna ^a   Falkowska, Lucyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Distribution; Internal organs; Juvenile and adult cod; Southern Baltic; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GADOID; JUVENILE; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84864713841     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13545-012-0018-y     Document Type: Article

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