Concentration and distribution of copper and cadmium in water, sediments, detritus, plants and animals in a hardwater lowland river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-80

  Smith, S ^a   Chen, M H ^a,b   Bailey, R G ^a   Williams, W P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Distribution; Freshwater

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CADMIUM; COPPER; DETRITUS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SEDIMENT; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030301630     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012305     Document Type: Article

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