Assessment of heavy metal concentrations in water, plankton, and fish of lake Manzala, Egypt

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Bahnasawy, Mohamed ^a   Khidr, Abdel Aziz ^a   Dheina, Nadia ^a  

^a Damietta Faculty of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fish; Heavy metals; Lake manzala; Plankton; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HEAVY METAL; LAKE WATER; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

EGYPT; LAKE MANZALA;

LIZA AURATA;

EID: 79952413366     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: 13036114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/zoo-0810-6     Document Type: Article

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