Heavy metals in water and in tissues of himri (Carasobarbus luteus) from Orontes (Asi) River, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 437-444

  Yılmaz, Ayşe Bahar ^a   Doğan, Mustafa ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carasobarbus luteus; Fish; Metal pollution; Orontes River; Water

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FISH; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CARASOBARBUS LUTEUS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; INTERNATIONAL WATERS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; METAL POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; SILVER; ZINC;

FISH; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; FRESHWATER FISH; GILL; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN; TISSUE LEVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; HATAY; ORONTES RIVER; TURKEY;

CARASOBARBUS LUTEUS;

EID: 51649102120     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0005-8     Document Type: Article

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