Underestimation of chemical contamination in marine fish muscle tissue can be reduced by considering variable wet:dry weight ratios

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 279-285

  Cresson, Pierre ^a   Travers Trolet, Morgane ^a   Rouquette, Manuel ^a   Timmerman, Charles André ^a   Giraldo, Carolina ^a   Lefebvre, Sébastien ^a,b   Ernande, Bruno ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Contaminant concentration; Conversion factor; Marine fish; Percentage of humidity; Wet:dry ratio

Indexed keywords

FISH; HEALTH RISKS; MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONVERSION FACTOR; DEDICATED MEASUREMENTS; FISH SPECIES; LIPID CONTENT; MARINE FISH; THEORETICAL VALUES; WET:DRY RATIO;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; LIPID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARNOGLOSSUS IMPERIALIS; ARTICLE; CHELIDONICHTHYS CUCULUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS; LOLIGO FORBESII; LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MICROCHIRUS VARIEGATUS; MICROSTOMUS KITT; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SOLEA SOLEA; SPONDYLIOSOMA CANTHARUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS; TRISOPTERUS LUSCUS; TRISOPTERUS MINUTUS; ZEUS FABER; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; ENGLAND; HUMAN; MUSCLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON; LIPID; NITROGEN;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON; ENGLAND; FISHES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MUSCLES; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85027572000     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.08.046     Document Type: Article

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