Heavy metal concentrations in food chain of Lake Velenjsko jezero, Slovenia: An artificial lake from mining

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 998-1007

  Mazej, Zdenka ^a   Al Sayegh Petkovšek, Samar ^a   Pokorny, Boštjan ^a  

^a Environmental Research and Industrial Co operation Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LAKE WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; PLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; GILL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE; LAW; LIVER; MACROPHYTE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SLOVENIA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; GILLS; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; PLANKTON; SLOVENIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SLOVENIA;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 77952096631     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9417-5     Document Type: Article

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