Trace elements in Antarctic fish species and the influence of foraging habitats and dietary habits on mercury levels

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 743-749

  Goutte, Aurélie ^a   Cherel, Yves ^b   Churlaud, Carine ^b   Ponthus, Jean Pierre ^a   Massé, Guillaume ^c   Bustamante, Paco ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Nototheniidae; Southern Ocean; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; HEAVY METALS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE;

BENTHIC HABITATS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; NOTOTHENIIDAE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STABLE ISOTOPES;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DIET; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FORAGING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

NOTOTHENIIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84940381129     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.103     Document Type: Article

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