Heavy metal bioaccumulation in the muscles of Mahaseer, Tor putitora, as an evidence of heavy metal pollution in River Kabul, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Yousafzai, Ali Muhammad ^a,b   Shakoori, Abdul Rauf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b ISLAMIA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aquatic pollution; Bioaccumulation; Heavy metals accumulation in muscles

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEAVY METAL; MUSCLE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KABUL RIVER; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

TOR PUTITORA;

EID: 33847759877     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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