Heavy metal concentrations in fish (Mullus barbatus, Pagellus erythrinus and Saurida undosquamis) from Iskenderun Bay, Turkey

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 9 A, 2008, Pages 1251-1256

  Çiçek, Erdoǧan ^a   Avşar, Dursun ^b   Yeldan, Hacer ^b   Manaşirli, Meltem ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Iskenderun bay; Mullus barbatus; Pagellus erythrinus; Saurida undosquamis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; HEAVY METAL; PERCIFORM;

EURASIA; HATAY; ISKENDERUN BAY; TURKEY;

MULLUS BARBATUS; PAGELLUS ERYTHRINUS; SAURIDA UNDOSQUAMIS;

EID: 55649102351     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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