Metal-binding proteins in bream (Abramis brama L.) caught in the River Elbe

Biomarkers

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-129

  Kammann, Ulrike ^a   Grymlas, Jürgen ^b   Hein, Wolfgang ^b   Steinhart, Hans ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bream; Elbe; Mercury; Metal binding protein; Pollution effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000954740     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135475097231850     Document Type: Article

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