Total mercury and methylmercury contamination in fish from various sites along the Elbe river

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-585

  Maršálek, Petr ^a,b   Svobodova Z ^a,c   Randak T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b State Veterinary Institute   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abramis brama; Barbus barbus; Leuciscus cephalus; MeHg THg ratio; Perca fluviatilis; The Vltava river

Indexed keywords

ABRAMIS BRAMA; BARBUS; BARBUS BARBUS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 40249094727     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200675040579     Document Type: Article

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