Concentrations of zinc in Barbus marequensis from the lower Olifants river, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 141-150

  Seymore, T ^a   Du Preez, H H ^a   Van Vuren, J H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

bioaccumulation; Fish

Indexed keywords

BARBUS MAREQUENSIS;

EID: 0030481265     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00031919     Document Type: Article

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