Heavy metal accumulation in the gills of an endangered south Asian freshwater fish as an indicator of aquatic pollution

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 423-430

  Yousafzai, Ali Muhammad ^a,b   Shakoori, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b ISLAMIA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aquatic pollution; Bioaccumulation; Heavy metals; Mahaseer; Tor putitora

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KABUL RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

TOR PUTITORA;

EID: 57949113537     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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