| Baseline concentration of (210)Po in Kuwait's commercial fish species. | |
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PMID: 22863352 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This baseline study highlights the (210)Po variation in whole fishes with different feeding habits. Whole-body (210)Po concentrations were determined in ten important commercial fish species found in the northern Arabian Gulf to serve as baseline data. Primarily, (210)Po is absorbed from water, concentrated by phytoplankton and microzooplankton, and then transferred to the next trophic level along the marine food chain. The lowest concentration of (210)Po was measured in larger carnivorous fishes like hamoor (0.089Bqkg(-1)), while the highest was found in the fishes that feed on algae, zooplanktons and detritus, like battan (3.30Bqkg(-1)). The baseline data can be used to understand both the trophic transfer of (210)Po in the marine food chain and the (210)Po concentration factors in fish from the Arabian Gulf. |
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S Uddin; A N Al-Ghadban; M Behbehani; A Aba; A Al Mutairi; Q Karam |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-8-2 |
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Title: Marine pollution bulletin Volume: - ISSN: 1879-3363 ISO Abbreviation: Mar. Pollut. Bull. Publication Date: 2012 Aug |
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Created Date: 2012-8-6 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0260231 Medline TA: Mar Pollut Bull Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Environmental Sciences Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait. |
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