Uptake and distribution of copper in the freshwater crab Potamonautes perlatus (Crustacea) in the Eerste River, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-89

  Snyman, R G ^a   Reinecke, A J ^a   Nel, J A J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Digestive gland; Heavy metal accumulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMONITORING; COPPER; CRAB; HEAVY METAL;

EERSTE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMONAUTES; POTAMONAUTES PERLATUS;

EID: 0036307559     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2002.11657158     Document Type: Article

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