Concentrations of mercury and cadmium in perch (Perca fluviatilis L.), ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus L.), three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculaeatus L.), and nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius L.), from SW finnish coastal waters

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Environmentalica

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-159

  Voigt, Heinz Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Cadmium; Gulf of Finland; Mercury; Nine spined stickleback; Perch; Ruffe; Three spined stickleback; Tv rminne

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; PERCID;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; TVARMINNE;

CESTODA; GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GYMNOCEPHALUS; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PISCES; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 40249086682     PISSN: 08626529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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