Assessment of heavy metals in two commercial fish species of four Turkish seas

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 277-284

  Tepe, Yalçn ^a   Türkmen, Mustafa ^a   Türkmen, Aysun ^b  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Metals; Red Mullet; Tissue distribution; Turkey; Whiting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; FISH; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD ALLOYS; LIVER; MANGANESE; MEATS; METALS; MUSCLE; POLLUTION; ZINC;

COASTAL WATERS; RED MULLET; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY; WHITING;

LEAD;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; SAMPLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; TURKEY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS;

EID: 53649089120     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0079-3     Document Type: Article

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