Comparison of heavy metals burden in two freshwater fishes Wallago attu and Labeo dyocheilus with regard to their feeding habits in natural ecosystem

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 537-544

  Yousafzai, Ali Muhammad ^a,b   Chivers, Douglas P ^a,b   Khan, Abdur Rehman ^a,b   Ahmad, Iftikhar ^b,c   Siraj, Muhammad ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^c HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Carnivorous fish; Feeding habits; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; MUSCLE; OMNIVORY;

LABEO DYOCHEILUS; PISCES; WALLAGO ATTU;

EID: 77953861157     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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