Comparison of mercury distribution between liver and muscle - A biomonitoring of fish from lightly and heavily contaminated localities

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4095-4109

  Havelková, Marcela ^a   Dušek, Ladislav ^b   Némethová, Danka ^b   Poleszczuk, Gorzyslaw ^c   Svobodová, Zdeňka ^a,d  

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

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Hg liver muscle ratio; Indicator fish; Non predator; Predator; River contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED AREAS; INDICATOR SPECIES; MERCURIES (HG); MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; NON-PREDATOR; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PREDATOR; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE;

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 48749094611     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8074095     Document Type: Article

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