Comparison of mercury bioaccumulation in eel (anguilla anguilla) and roach (rutilus rutilus) from river systems in east anglia, uk i. concentrations in fish tissue

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1189-1200

  Downs, S G ^a   Macleod, C L ^a,b   Jarvis, K ^a   Birkett, J W ^a   Lester, J N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Fish; Mercury; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EU DIRECTIVES; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL MERCURIES;

FISH;

MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FISH; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 0032757388     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332008616918     Document Type: Article

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