Liver, gills, and skin histopathology and heavy metal content of the danube sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-521

  Poleksic, Vesna ^a   Lenhardt, Mirjana ^a   Jaric, Ivan ^b   Djordjevic, Dragana ^c   Gacic, Zoran ^b   Cvijanovic, Gorcin ^b   Raskovic, Bozidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Heavy metal pollution; Histopathology; Sterlet

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LEAD; LIVER; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; POLLUTION; ZINC;

CANONICAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DANUBE BASIN; DANUBE RIVER BASIN; FISH SPECIES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HUNGARY; LIVER TISSUE; SITE-SPECIFIC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HEAVY METAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; GILL; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUNGARY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INTESTINE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERBIA; SKIN; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RIVER; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

DANUBE BASIN; HUNGARY; SERBIA;

ACIPENSER RUTHENUS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GILLS; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SKIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951138357     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.82     Document Type: Article

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