Trace element bioaccumulation in reef fish from New Caledonia: Influence of trophic groups and risk assessment for consumers

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 87-88, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-36

  Metian, Marc ^a,b   Warnau, Michel ^b   Chouvelon, Tiphaine ^a   Pedraza, Fernando ^a   Rodriguezy Baena, Alessia M ^c   Bustamante, Paco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b International Atomic Energy Agency Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Detoxification; Metal; Risk assessment; Trophic level; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION LEVELS; GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOHAZARDS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MUSCLE; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; DETOXIFICATION; FISH; METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; CONTAMINATION; CORAL REEF; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LAGOON; LIVER LEVEL; MINING; MUSCLE LEVEL; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HUMANS; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEW CALEDONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELINAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS;

EID: 84878387058     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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