Species- and tissue-specific mercury bioaccumulation in five fish species from Laizhou Bay in the Bohai Sea of China

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 504-513

  Liu, Jinhu ^a,b   Cao, Liang ^a   Huang, Wei ^c   Dou, Shuozeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

fish species; Laizhou Bay; mercury (Hg); metal bioaccumulation; tissues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877359402     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-013-2277-x     Document Type: Article

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