Metal contamination of angler-caught fish from the Mersey Estuary

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-297

  Collings, Sally E ^a   Johnson, Michael S ^a   Leah, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; EEL; ESTUARY; FISH; FISHING; FLATFISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAW; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RISK; SPECIES; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGLING; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; METALS;

UK, ENGLAND, MERSEY ESTUARY;

ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0029667836     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1136(95)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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