Rb-Cs ratio as an indicator of fish diet in lakes of the Patagonia, Argentina

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 97-119

  Guevara, S Ribeiro ^a   Bubach, D ^a   Macchi, P J ^b   Vigliano, P ^b   Arribere M ^a   Colombo, J C ^c  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cesium; Diplomistes viedmensis; Fish diet; Neutron activation analysis; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Patagonia; Percichthys trucha; Rubidium; Salmo trutta; Salvenilus fontinalis

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; RUBIDIUM;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FISH; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; RAINBOW TROUT;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATFISHES; CESIUM; DIET; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PERCHES; RUBIDIUM;

DIPLODON CHILENSIS; FONTINALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PERCICHTHYS TRUCHA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 33748618696     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:111:1:97     Document Type: Article

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