Effect of heavy metals on the blood protein biochemistry of the fish Cyprinus carpio and its use as a big-indicator of pollution stress

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-124

  Gopal, V ^b   Parvathy, S ^b   Balasubramanian, P R ^a  

^a NGM COLLEGE   (India)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cu; Cyprinus carpio; Globulin; Hg; Ni; Pb; Serum protein

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATORS; BLOOD PROTEINS; FISH;

BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; SURFACE WATERS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALBUMIN; COPPER; GLOBULIN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TIME; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031282548     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005767517819     Document Type: Article

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