Pollution status of the Indus River, Pakistan, through heavy metal and macronutrient contents of fish, sediment and water

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1337-1344

  Tariq, Jaleel ^a   Ashraf, M ^a   Jaffar, M ^a   Afzal, M ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fish; Pollution status of freshwaters; Sediment and water analysis; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; RIVER WATER; SILVER; SODIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPECIES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; RIVER WATER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

PAKISTAN, INDURS RIVER;

HEAVY METALS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION METHOD; FISH; FRESHWATERS; INDUS RIVER; MACRONUTRIENTS; POLLUTION STATUS;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029663351     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00300-2     Document Type: Article

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