Discrimination of trait-based characteristics by trace element bioaccumulation in riverine fishes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1087-1100

  Short, Terry M ^a   Deweese, Lawrence R ^b   Dubrovsky, Neil M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BODY SIZE; COPPER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RIVER WATER; SELENIUM; ZINC;

PISCES;

EID: 44349141196     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-036     Document Type: Article

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