Mercury bioaccumulation in cartilaginous fishes from Southern New England coastal waters: Contamination from a trophic ecology and human health perspective

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-33

  Taylor, David L ^a   Kutil, Nicholas J ^a   Malek, Anna J ^b   Collie, Jeremy S ^b  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Diet; Dogfish; Food web; Mercury; Skate; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; HEALTH; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; SHELLFISH;

CARTILAGINOUS FISHES; DOGFISH; FOOD WEBS; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; SKATE; SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND; STABLE ISOTOPES; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

HEALTH RISKS;

CARBON; MERCURY; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CANCER CRAB; CARTILAGINOUS FISH; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH HAZARD; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LEUCORAJA ERINACEA; LEUCORAJA OCELLATA; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSTELUS CANIS; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUALUS; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC ECOLOGY; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOGFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PHARMACOKINETICS; SKATES (FISH); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOGFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; NEW ENGLAND; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SKATES (FISH); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904880462     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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