Heavy metals in fish tissues and different species of fish from the southern coast of Taiwan

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-296

  Hung, Tsu Chang ^a,b   Huang, Che Chung ^b   Meng, Pei Jie ^b   Chuang, Aileen ^a   Wu, Shu Jen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficients; Demersal and pelagic fish; Heavy metals; Seasonal and regional variations; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 14244261380     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757549908037653     Document Type: Article

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