Toxic elements and speciation in seafood samples from different contaminated sites in Europe

Environmental Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-81

  Maulvault, Ana Luísa ^a,b,c   Anacleto, Patrícia ^a,b,c   Barbosa, Vera ^a   Sloth, Jens J ^d   Rasmussen, Rie Romme ^d   Tediosi, Alice ^e   Fernandez Tejedor, Margarita ^f   van den Heuvel, Fredericus H M ^g   Kotterman, Michiel ^h   Marques, António ^a,b  

^a Unit of Upgrading of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (U VPPA)   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Gariga di Podenzano (PC)   (Italy)

^f IRTA   (Spain)

^g Projects and Consultancy   (Netherlands)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arsenic speciation; European estuaries; Hotspots; Mercury speciation; Seafood; Toxic elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; NICKEL; SACCHARIN SODIUM; HEAVY METAL; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARSENIC; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; MACROALGA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; LIZA AURATA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA; SEA FOOD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEAWEED; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CHAMELEA GALLINA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; LIZA AURATA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA;

ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAFOOD; SEAWEED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84947429835     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.016     Document Type: Article

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