Table 2 Tissue codes. Codes of tissues analysed to which mercury concentration data are referred to in M2B.
From: Mercury concentrations in biota in the Mediterranean Sea, a compilation of 40 years of surveys
Code | Animal and Chromista tissue |
|---|---|
AB – AR | Abdomen (Crustaceans) – Arms (Cephalopods) |
BB – BL – BU – BM – BO –BR – BW | Backbone – Blood – Blubber – Bone – Bone –Brain – Body wall |
CA – CH – CN | Carapace – Chelipeds – Central nervous system |
DG – DT – DO – DW | Digestive gland – Digestive tract – Digestive organ – Digestive wall |
EG – EM – EO – ES – EY | Egg – Embryo – Electric organ – Embryo sac – Eyes |
FA – FI – FL – FO | Fat – Fillet (Fish) – Flesh – Foot (Gastropods) |
GI – GO – GU | Gills – Gonads (sex indeterminate) – Guts |
HA – HE – HP | Hatchling – Heart – Hepatopancreas |
IN | Intestine |
KD | Kidney |
LI – LU | Liver – Lung |
MA – ME – MI – MT – MU – MUD – MUL – MUO – MUT – MUV – MUW | Mantle – Melon – Milk – Mantle – Muscle (mixed, undetermined) – Muscles dark – Muscles of legs – Muscles dorsal – Muscles of tail – Muscles ventral – Muscles white |
OV | Ovary |
PA – PI – PL | Pancreas – Pincer (Crustaceans) – Placenta |
RS | Residuals of tissues |
SC – SH – SK – SO – SP – ST – STC | Scale(s) – Shell – Skin – Soft Part (Whole body without carapace or shell) – Spleen – Stomach (empty) – Stomach content |
TE | Testicles |
UT | Uterus |
VI | Viscera |
WH | Whole body |
YA | Yolk and albumen |
Code | Plant tissue |
BAS – BLA | Basal Part – Blade of adult leaves |
DLT | Distal Leaf Tip |
EPI | Epiphytes |
FRO | Frond |
GRS | Green Segment above the Basal Part |
LEA | Leaf green part |
RHD – RHI – ROO | Rhizoid – Rhizome – Root |
SCA – SHE – SHO – STO | Scales, remnant leaf sheaths – Sheath of adult leaves – Shoots – Stolon |
