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生態學 2001教學資料
鄭先祐 (Ayo)
國立台南大學 環境與生態學院
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Sample Article RecordAccession Number
PREV200000059339Author/Editor/Inventor
Foster E P [a]. Drake D L. DiDomenico G.Institution
[a] Water Quality Division, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 811 SW 6th Ave., Portland, OR USA.
CountryUSA.
TitleSeasonal changes and tissue distribution of mercury in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) from Dorena Reservoir, Oregon.
SourceArchives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology. 38(1). Jan., 2000. 78-82.
Year of Publication2000
Publication TypeArticle.
ISSN0090-4341
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Toxicology/Environmental and Industrial Toxicology [22506]Biochemical Studies/General [10060]Digestive System/General; Methods [14001]Public Health: Environmental Health/Air, Water and Soil Pollution [37015]Reproductive System/General; Methods [16501]Muscle/General; Methods [17501]
Biosystematic CodesOsteichthyes [85206]
LanguagesEnglish.
Summary LanguageEnglish.
AbstractMercury contamination in fish has lead to the issuance of fish consumption advisories in many water bodies of the United States. There is evidence hat mercury concentrations may fluctuate seasonally, which could affect consumption advisories. Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) were collected from Dorena Reservoir, Oregon………….
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Sample Article RecordMajor Concepts
Pollution Assessment Control and Management. Toxicology.Super Taxa
Osteichthyes: Pisces, Vertebrata, Chordata, Animalia.Organisms
Micropterus salmoides (Osteichthyes): bioindicator.Taxa Notes
Animals; Chordates; Fish; Nonhuman Vertebrates; Vertebrates.Parts, Structures & Systems of Organisms
gonads: reproductive system; liver: digestive system; muscle: muscular system; ovaries: reproductive system.
Chemicals & Biochemicalsmercury: heavy metal, pollutant, tissue distribution.
Registry Numbers7439-97-6: MERCURY.
Geopolitical LocationDorena Reservoir (Oregon, USA, North America, Nearctic region).
Miscellaneous Descriptorsfish consumption advisories; seasonality.
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