Concentrations of heavy metals in food web components of small, boreal lakes

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-194

  Tulonen, Tiina ^a   Pihlström, Mikael ^a   Arvola, Lauri ^a   Rask, Martti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 33745769527     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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