Heavy metal contamination in freshwater fish from the border region between Norway and Russia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-224

  Amundsen, Per Arne ^a   Staldvik, Frode J ^a   Lukin, Anatolij A ^b   Kashulin, Nikolai A ^b   Popova, Olga A ^c   Reshetnikov, Yuri S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Heavy metals; Norway; Pasvik River system; Russia

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; RIVER WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; SMELTER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; MINING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMELTER; WATER POLLUTION;

NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

COREGONUS ALBULA; LOTA LOTA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030738953     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)84058-2     Document Type: Article

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