Towards a safe standard for heavy metals in reclaimed water used for fish aquaculture

Aquaculture

Volumn 284, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 115-126

  Feldlite, M ^a   Juanico M ^b   Karplus, I ^c   Milstein, A ^d  

^a Israel Water Works Association   (Israel)

^b Juaniro Environ Consulting Ltd   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d Fish and Aquaculture Research Station   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Arsenic; Cadmium; Fish; Lead; Mercury; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; GROWING SEASON; HEAVY METAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REARING; RECYCLING; RESERVOIR; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 54349126571     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.07.036     Document Type: Article

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