Increase in mercury in Pacific yellowfin tuna

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 931-934

  Drevnick, Paul E ^a   Lamborg, Carl H ^b   Horgan, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; FISH; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL MERCURY; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; TOXIC TRACE METALS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SEA WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FINFISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE SPECIES; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; TUNA; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

PISCES; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAWAII; HUMANS; MERCURY; PACIFIC OCEAN; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84925448463     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2883     Document Type: Article

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