Bioaccumulation of copper and zinc in Oreochromis mossambicus and Clarias gariepinus, from the Olifants River, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-110

  Kotze, P ^a   Du Preez, H H ^a   Van Vuren, J H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; FISH; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033008706     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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