Mercury and other contaminants in fish from Lake Chad, Africa

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Kidd, K A ^a   Stern, G ^a   Lemoalle, J ^b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,2,3,4 TETRACHLOROBENZENE; CARBON 13; CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; MITOTANE; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FISH; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; OYSTER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MERCURY; PESTICIDES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 4644367026     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0420-2     Document Type: Article

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