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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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Sample Article RecordConcept Codes

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.

Update Code200007. BIOSIS Update: 20000202.

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