Impact of heavy metals on water, fish (Cyprinus carpio) and sediments from a water tank at Tumkur, India

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 17-28

  Sreedhara Nayaka, B ^a   Ramakrishna, S ^a   Jayaprakash, ^a   Delvi, M ^b  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Dayananda Sagar College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic sources; Bioaccumulation factor; Geoaccumulation index; Health risk; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA; TUMKUR;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 68149182734     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10009-009-0017-5     Document Type: Article

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