Concentration of Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn and Mn in bream, oreochromis macruchir,during the 1996 mass fish deaths in Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1895-1906

  Zaranyika, Mark F ^a   Goredema, Remembrance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Fish; Metal uptake; Oreochromis macruchir

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; WATER ANALYSIS;

FISH; LAKE WATER; OREOCHROMIS MACRUCHIR;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LAKE WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FISH; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTION; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; OREOCHROMIS;

EID: 0031213895     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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