Mercury concentration in the spectacled caiman and black caiman (Alligatoridae) of the Amazon: Implications for human health

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 270-279

  Schneider, Larissa ^a   Peleja, Reinaldo Pacheco ^b   Kluczkovski, Augusto ^b   Freire, Guilherme Martinez ^c   Marioni, Boris ^c   Vogt, Richard Carl ^e   Da Silveira, Ronis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d Caiman Conservation Program   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROCODILIAN; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CAIMAN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; MELANOSUCHUS NIGER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CAIMAN CROCODILUS CROCODILUS; MELANOSUCHUS NIGER; REPTILIA;

EID: 84865754613     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9768-1     Document Type: Article

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