Heavy metal concentrations in water, sediment, fish and some benthic organisms from Tigris River, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 323-337

  Karadede Akin, Hülya ^a   Ünlü, Erhan ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benthic organisms; Fish; Heavy metals; Sediment; Tigris River

Indexed keywords

FISH; HEAVY METALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TURKEY;

BENTHIC ORGANISMS; TIGRIS RIVER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FISH; GILL; GREEN ALGA; LIVER; MUSCLE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; SPRING; SUMMER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SEASONS; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; TIGRIS RIVER; TURKEY;

CERITHIDEA RHIZOPHORARUM; CHLOROPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MASTACEMBELUS; MYSTUS; ORTHRIAS; PHYSA ACUTA; POTAMON FLUVIATILIS; SILURUS TRIOSTEGUS; SPIROGYRA SP.; UNIO ELONGATULUS;

EID: 34347400386     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9478-0     Document Type: Article

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