Bioaccumulation of trace mercury in trophic levels of benthic, benthopelagic, pelagic fish species, and sea birds from Arvand River, Iran

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 175-180

  Hosseini, Mehdi ^a   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad Bagher ^b   Parsa, Yaghob ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Khoramshahr Marine Science and Technology University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arvand River; Fish; Mercury; River birds; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANAS CRECCA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHANOS CHANOS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EPINEPHELUS DIACANTHUS; FEMALE; FISH; IRAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC FISH; SEABIRD; STREAM (RIVER); STRONGYLURA STRONGYLURA; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANAS CRECCA; AVES; CHANOS CHANOS; EPINEPHELUS DIACANTHUS; STRONGYLURA STRONGYLURA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; FISHES; IRAN; MALE; MERCURY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890805659     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9841-2     Document Type: Article

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