Trace metal distribution in tissues of cichlids (Oreochromis niloticus and O. mossambicus) collected from wastewater-fed fishponds in East Calcutta Wetlands, a Ramsar site

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-125

  Chatterjee, Soumya ^a   Chattopadhyay, Buddhadeb ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S K ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND LEATHER TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DURGAPUR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; East Calcutta Wetlands; Fish; Heavy metals; Oreochromis mossambicus; Oreochromis niloticus; Ramsar site; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; TILAPIA;

EID: 33947100955     PISSN: 01371592     EISSN: 17341515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3750/AIP2006.36.2.05     Document Type: Article

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