Heavy metals in eight edible fish species from two polluted tributaries (Aik and Palkhu) of the river Chenab, Pakistan

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1524-1540

  Qadir, Abdul ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aik and Palkhu; Alluvial streams; Edible fish; Heavy metals; Industrial and municipal waste; Organs; Pakistan; River Chenab; Sialkot; Tanneries

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; RIVER WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHANNA PUNCTATA; CIRRHINUS REBA; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GILL; HABITAT; HEALTH HAZARD; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KIDNEY; LABEO ROHITA; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; MYSTUS CAVASIUS; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PAKISTAN; PUNTIUS SOPHORE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASON; STREAM (RIVER); WALLAGO ATTU; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHANNA PUNCTATUS; CIRRHINUS REBA; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; LABEO ROHITA; MYSTUS CAVASIUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PUNTIUS SOPHORE; WALLAGO ATTU;

EID: 82455171897     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9011-3     Document Type: Article

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