Heavy-metal concentration in the toad Bufo bufo from a region of Mochovce, Slovakia

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 292-297

  Stawarz, Robert ^a   Zakrzewski, Marian ^a   Marenčík, Alojz ^b   Hraška, Štefan ^b  

^a PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Department of Ethics and Aesthetics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bufo bufo; Cadmium; Cooper; Heavy metal; Kidney; Liver; Shin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; TOAD;

SLOVAKIA;

ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141566450     PISSN: 1335342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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