Application of mercury isotopes for tracing trophic transfer and internal distribution of mercury in marine fish feeding experiments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2322-2330

  Kwon, Sae Yun ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Chirby, Michelle A ^a   Chesney, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Louisiana Marine Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Internal distribution; Methylmercury; Stable Hg isotope; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

FEEDING EXPERIMENTS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE DISTRIBUTIONS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MERCURIES (HG); METHYL MERCURY; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTS; FEEDING; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; SHELLFISH;

ISOTOPES;

MERCURY;

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING; INHIBITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAFOOD; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BRAIN; DISSECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SERIOLA DUMERILI; SHRIMP; THUNNUS ATLANTICUS;

FISH; INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION; METHYLMERCURY; STABLE HG ISOTOPE; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FOOD CHAIN; GULF OF MEXICO; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PERCIFORMES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TUNA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; SCOMBRIDAE; SERIOLA DUMERILI; THUNNUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 84883554263     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2313     Document Type: Article

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