Trophic influences on mercury accumulation in top pelagic predators from offshore New England waters of the northwest atlantic ocean

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-134

  Teffer, Amy K ^a,d   Staudinger, Michelle D ^a,b   Taylor, David L ^c   Juanes, Francis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Dolphinfish; Northwest Atlantic ocean; Sharks; Stable isotopes; Total mercury; Trophic transfer; Tunas

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); VITAMINS;

DOLPHINFISH; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; SHARKS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TOTAL MERCURIES; TROPHIC TRANSFER; TUNAS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CARBON 13; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FINFISH; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; DIET; DOLPHIN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR; PREY; SHARK; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; TISSUE LEVEL; TROPHIC LEVEL; TUNA; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PREDATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); CHONDRICHTHYES; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; TELEOSTEI; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY SIZE; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SHARKS; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924715334     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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