Water hardness and the effects of Cd on oxygen consumption, plasma chlorides and bioaccumulation in Tilapia sparrmanii

Water SA

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-64

  Van Aardt, W J ^a   Booysen, J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body electrolytes; Cd; Fish; Hard water; O2; Soft water

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CADMIUM; DISSOLUTION; HARDNESS; OXYGEN; PLASMAS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOACCUMULATION; HARD WATER;

WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; FISH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TILAPIA; TILAPIA SPARRMANII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642313574     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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