Mercury in groupers and sea basses from the gulf of mexico: Relationships with size, age, and feeding ecology

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1274-1286

  Tremain, Derek M ^a   Adams, Douglas H ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

DIPLECTRUM FORMOSUM; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS MORIO; INVERTEBRATA; MYCTEROPERCA BONACI; MYCTEROPERCA PHENAX; PISCES; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 84868112664     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.683232     Document Type: Article

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