Metal accumulation in the smooth toadfish, Tetractenos glaber, in estuaries around Sydney, Australia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-131

  Alquezar, Ralph ^a,b   Markich, Scott J ^c   Booth, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Aquatic Solutions International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Gender; Metal; Sediments; Smooth toadfish

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; GENDER; METAL ACCUMULATION; SMOOTH TOADFISH;

CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; LEAD; METALS; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE; WATER POLLUTION;

METAL ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; LEAD; METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARY; GENDER; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FISH; GILL; GONAD; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TETRACTENOS GLABER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; AUSTRALIA; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; CADMIUM; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GILLS; GONADS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; SEAWATER; SEX; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; TETRACTENOS;

EID: 33646069317     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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