Bioaccumulation of mercury in muscle tissue of fish in the Elbe River (Czech Republic): Multispecies monitoring study 1991-1996

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-267

  Dusek L ^a   Svobodova Z ^b   Janouskova D ^b   Vykusova B ^b   Jarkovsky J ^a   Smid R ^a   Pavlis P ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Elbe River; Fish bioindicator; Heavy metals; Mercury; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; MONITORING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; BRAMA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 18844393963     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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