The use of cestode parasites from the largemouth yellowfish, Labeobarbus kimberleyensis (Gilchrist and Thompson, 1913) in the Vaal Dam, South Africa as indicators of heavy metal bioaccumulation

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 840-847

  Retief, N R ^a   Avenant Oldewage, A ^a   du Preez, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Hydrobiology Section   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bothriocephalus; Heavy metals; ICP MS; Labeobarbus kimberleyensis; Largemouth yellowfish; Microwave digestion

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DAMS; HEAVY METALS; MUSCLE; TISSUE;

BOTHRIOCEPHALUS; LABEOBARBUS KIMBERLEYENSIS; LARGEMOUTH YELLOWFISH; MICROWAVE DIGESTION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; FISH; FLATWORM; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARASITE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOTHRIOCEPHALUS; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CESTODA;

EID: 33748913916     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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