Uptake and distribution of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in the freshwater crab, Potamonautes perlatus (crustacea) in the Eerste River, South Africa

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 395-408

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

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Distribution; Freshwater crabs; Lead; Potamonautes perlatus; Uptake

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROMETRY; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES;

RIVERS;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CRAB; LEAD; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GONAD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RELIABILITY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; POTAMIDAE; POTAMONAUTES PERLATUS;

EID: 0038476160     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023602121272     Document Type: Article

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