The role of metallothionein in cadmium accumulation of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from high alpine lakes

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 47-66

  Dallinger, Reinhard ^a   Egg, Margit ^a   Köck, Günther ^a   Hofer, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Alpine lake; Cadmium; Copper; Metallothionein; Salvelinus; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ALKALINITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HEPATOPANCREAS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LAKE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TISSUE LEVEL;

ALKALINITY; ARCTIC CHARR; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

AUSTRIA, ALPS; AUSTRIA, TYROL;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0030616615     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(96)00840-5     Document Type: Article

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