Hepatic and renal concentrations of 10 trace elements in crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Kafue and Luangwa rivers in Zambia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 337, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 75-82

  Almli, Bjørn ^a   Mwase, Maxwell ^b   Sivertsen, Tore ^c   M Musonda, Mike ^b   Flåøyen, Arne ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crocodiles; Crocodylos niloticus; Kafue river; Luangwa river; Trace elements; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNIFICATION; FOOD CHAIN; HEPATIC CONCENTRATIONS; RENAL CONCENTRATIONS;

ARSENIC; BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DRAINAGE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); MOLYBDENUM; RIVERS; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CROCODILIAN; MINE DRAINAGE; RIVER POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAFUE RIVER; LUANGWA RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZAMBIA;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11044221624     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.06.019     Document Type: Article

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