Distribution of heavy metals in tissues of freshwater fish in Lithuania

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 585-591

  Staniskiene, B ^a   Matusevicius, P ^a   Budreckiene, R ^a   Skibniewska, K A ^b  

^a Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fish tissues; Freshwater fish; Heavy metal; Pollution; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 33748319462     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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