Metal concentrations in blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and mullet (Mugil cephalus) in İskenderun Bay, northern east Mediterranean, Turkey

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-193

  Turkmen A ^a   Turkmen M ^b   Tepe, Y ^b   Mazlum, Y ^b   Oymael, S ^b  

^a Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLUE CRAB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SHELLFISH; SMEGMAMORPHA; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; MUGIL CEPHALUS;

EID: 33748790118     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1049-0     Document Type: Article

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