Are red mullet efficient as bio-indicators of mercury contamination? A case study from the French Mediterranean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 191-199

  Cresson, P ^a   Bouchoucha, M ^a   Miralles, F ^a   Elleboode, R ^a   Mahe K ^a   Marusczak, N ^a,d   Thebault, H ^b   Cossa, D ^a,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Bio indicator; Fish; Mediterranean; Mercury; Mullus spp.

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FISH; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MERCURY (METAL);

HG CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; MERCURIES (HG); MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MULLUS BARBATUS; MULLUS SPP;

CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULLUS BARBATUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FRANCE; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMEGMAMORPHA; VESTIBULE; VETERINARY; WATER POLLUTANT;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE];

MULLIDAE; MULLUS; MULLUS BARBATUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SMEGMAMORPHA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922263296     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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