Concentration of heavy metals in water and chub, Leuciscus cephalus (Linn.) from the river Yildiz, Turkey

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 845-849

  Agtas, Semsettin ^a   Gey, Huseyin ^b   Gul, Suleyman ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fish; Heavy metals; River water; River Yildiz; Waste water

Indexed keywords

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

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EURASIA; SIVAS [TURKEY]; TURKEY; YILDIZ RIVER;

LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS;

EID: 35349012680     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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