Levels of mercury in muscle and liver of star-spotted dogfish (Mustelus manazo) from the northern region of Japan: A comparison with spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 467-474

  Endo, Tetsuya ^a   Hisamichi, Yohsuke ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a   Ogasawara, Hideki ^b   Ohta, Chiho ^c   Koga, Nobuyuki ^c   Kato, Yoshihisa ^d   Haraguchi, Koichi ^e  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; MERCURY; MERCURY SELENIDE; NITROGEN 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; SHARK;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DOGFISH; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; JAPAN; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MATURITY; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSTELUS MANAZO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUALUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DOGFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

MUSTELUS MANAZO; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 84880571051     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9858-0     Document Type: Article

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