Effects of sub-lethal concentrations of zinc on histological changes and bioaccumulation of zinc by kidney of fish Channa punctatus (Bloch)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-215

  Gupta, Pallavi ^a,b   Srivastava, Neera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b Chomu House   (India)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Channa punctatus; Histology; Kidney; Zinc

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; TAP WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHANNA PUNCTATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CHANNA PUNCTATUS;

EID: 33646254407     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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