Mercury, lead, and cadmium in blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, from the Atlantic coast of Florida, USA: A multipredator approach

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 196-201

  Adams, Douglas H ^a   Engel, Marc E ^b  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus); Cadmium; Contaminants; Heavy metals; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CRAB; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUSCLE; PARTITIONING; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; MARINE POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; RIVER; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ESTUARY; PHASE PARTITIONING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

BLUE CRAB (CALLINECTES SAPIDUS); CADMIUM; CONTAMINANTS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MERCURY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896723655     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.11.029     Document Type: Article

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