A baseline study of levels of mercury, arsenic, cadmium and lead in Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) from different parts of the Barents Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 187-195

  Julshamn, Kaare ^a   Duinker, Arne ^a   Nilsen, Bente M ^a   Frantzen, Sylvia ^a   Maage, Amund ^a   Valdersnes, Stig ^a   Nedreaas, Kjell ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Barents Sea; Cadmium; ICPMS; Lead; Liver; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Muscle; Northeast Arctic cod

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BARENTS SEA; BASELINE STUDIES; CADMIUM AND LEADS; GADUS MORHUA; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ICPMS; METHYL MERCURY; NORTHEAST ARCTIC COD; PRIMARY FACTORS; TOTAL ARSENICS; WET WEIGHT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FISH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LIVER; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARSENIC; BASELINE SURVEY; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; DIET; GADOID; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BARENTS SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SHRIMP;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GADUS MORHUA; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWAY;

BOREOGADUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84874669142     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.038     Document Type: Article

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