Habitat use and trophic position determine mercury concentration in the straight fin barb Barbus paludinosus, a small fish species in Lake Awassa, Ethiopia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 477-497

  Desta, Z ^b   Borgstrom R ^a   Gebremariam, Z ^b   Rosseland, B O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Awassa University   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Diet shifts; Mercury; Piscivory; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

APLOCHEILICHTHYS; BARBUS PALUDINOSUS; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 48949095560     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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