Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury and selenium in the sarasota bay ecosystem

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1143-1152

  Hong, Yong Seok ^a,b   Hull, Peter ^c   Rifkin, Erik ^b   Bouwer, Edward J ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b National Aquarium Baltimore   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Ecological risk assessment; Mercury; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CONSUMPTION RATES; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS; TOTAL MERCURIES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SELENIUM;

ECOSYSTEMS;

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DOLPHIN; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; TOXICITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BAYS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS;

EID: 84876416073     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2169     Document Type: Article

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