Mercury and selenium in tropical marine plankton and their trophic successors

Chemosphere

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-39

  Guedes Seixas, Tércia ^a   Moreira, Isabel ^a   Siciliano, Salvatore ^b   Malm, Olaf ^c   Kehrig, Helena Amaral ^c,d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Coastal mammal; Fish; Mercury selenium relationship; Methylmercury; Plankton

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLAR RATIO; MUSCLE; PLANKTON; SELENIUM; TROPICS;

ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; HEPATIC CONCENTRATIONS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MARINE PLANKTONS; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; METHYL MERCURY; PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES;

FISH;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; DOLPHIN; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SELENIUM; TRANSLOCATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; DOLPHIN; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FORAGING; LIVER; MARINE SPECIES; MICROPLANKTON; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL;

BRAZIL;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL MAMMAL; FISH; MERCURY-SELENIUM RELATIONSHIP; METHYLMERCURY; PLANKTON;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LIVER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; PLANKTON; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903589615     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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