Heavy metals in wild marine fish from South China Sea: levels, tissue- and species-specific accumulation and potential risk to humans

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 1583-1592

  Liu, Jin Ling ^a,d   Xu, Xiang Rong ^a   Ding, Zhen Hua ^b   Peng, Jia Xi ^a,c   Jin, Ming Hua ^b   Wang, You Shao ^a   Hong, Yi Guo ^a   Yue, Wei Zhong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Heavy metals; Risk assessment; South China Sea; Wild marine fish

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GILL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVER; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEA POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WILD ANIMAL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; SEA FOOD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84948066151     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-015-1451-7     Document Type: Article

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