Mercury assessment and evaluation of its impact on fish in the Cecina river basin (Tuscany, Italy)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 179-186

  Scerbo, R ^a   Ristori, T ^a   Stefanini, B ^a   De Ranieri, S ^b   Barghigiani, C ^a,c  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CIBM Ctro Interuniversitario B   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlor alkali plant; Fish; Mercury; River; Sediments; Water

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; EVALUATION; FISHERIES; SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FISH SPECIES; MERCURY ACCUMULATION; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; TUSCANY, ITALY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; ITALY; NONHUMAN; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; ITALY; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CECINA BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WORLD;

CECINA; LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS CABEDA;

EID: 13444301378     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.07.027     Document Type: Article

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