The potential for bioaccumulation, bioconcentration, and biomagnification of selected metals in an aquatic food chain: A literature review

NCASI Technical Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 927, 2006, Pages 1-48

  Flinders, Camille ^a  

^a NCASI Northwest Aquatic Biology Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Arsenic; Bald eagle; Benthic invertebrates; Chinook salmon; Copper; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Mercury; Northern pikeminnow; Northern squawfish; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Ptychocheilus oregonensis

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCONCENTRATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION; COPPER; ECOSYSTEMS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; WATER BIOLOGY;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PTYCHOCHEILUS OREGONENSIS;

EID: 33845627792     PISSN: 08860882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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