Toxic effects of mining effluents on fish gills in a subarctic lake system in NW Russia

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 278-289

  Tkatcheva, Victoria ^a   Hyvärinen, Heikki ^a   Kukkonen, Jussi ^a   Ryzhkov, Leonid P ^b   Holopainen, Ismo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b PETROZAVODSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fish; Gill histology; Heavy metals; Lithium; Mining industry; Na +K+ATPase; Phospholipids; Potassium

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; HEAVY METAL; LITHIUM; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; LAKE POLLUTION; MINING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FISH; GILL; LAKE SEDIMENT; MINING; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHOLESTEROL; CYPRINIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GILLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PERCHES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RUSSIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; KARELIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 1642383538     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(03)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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