Heavy metals in yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) landed on the Ecuadorian coast

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 149-154

  Araújo, Cristiano V M ^a,b   Cedeño Macias, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD LAICA ELOY ALFARO DE MANABÍ   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Cadmium; Fish; Human health; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; FISH; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); TISSUE;

CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN HEALTH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES;

VITAMINS;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; ECUADOR; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUNNUS ALBACARES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; SEA FOOD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECUADOR;

CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; MANTA; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

ANIMALS; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METALS, HEAVY; PERCIFORMES; SEAFOOD; TUNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84942280134     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.090     Document Type: Article

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