Coefficient of condition in relation to copper levels in muscle of serranochromis fish and sediment from the Kafue River, Zambia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-651

  Choongo, K C ^a   Syakalima, M S ^a   Mwase, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MUSCLES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; SERRANOCHROMIS;

EID: 30344487272     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0801-1     Document Type: Article

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