Heavy metal concentrations in fish from a pristine rainforest valley in Peru: A baseline study before the start of oil-drilling activities

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 523-529

  Gutleb, A C ^a,c   Helsberg, A ^a   Mitchell, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Programa Perú ^*  (Peru)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PERU; RAIN FOREST;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOSSIL FUELS; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; PERU; RAIN; REFERENCE VALUES; TREES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036819319     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0093-7     Document Type: Article

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