Bioaccumulation of arsenic species in rays from the northern Adriatic Sea

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 22073-22091

  Šlejkovec, Zdenka ^a   Stajnko, Anja ^a   Falnoga, Ingrid ^a   Lipej, Lovrenc ^b   Mazej, Darja ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a   Faganeli, Jadran ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; Myliobatis aquila; Pteromylaeus bovinus; Pteroplatytrygon violacea

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOCHOLINE; ARSENOIPID; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID; TETRAMETHYL ARSONIUM ION; TRIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARSENIC;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE TISSUE; MYLIOBATIS AQUILA; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PTEROMYLAEUS BOVINUS; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; SEA; SKATES (FISH);

MYLIOBATIS AQUILA; PTEROMYLAEUS BOVINUS; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SKATES (FISH);

EID: 84914689897     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151222073     Document Type: Article

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