Food chain biomagnification of heavy metals in samples from the lower prut floodplain natural park

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-73

  David, Iulia Gabriela ^a   Matache, Marius Lucian ^a   Tudorache, Alin ^b   Chisamera, Gabriel ^c   Rozylowicz, Laurentiu ^a   Radu, Gabriel Lucian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^c Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History   (Romania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food chains; Heavy metals; Prut river

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84858642574     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.010     Document Type: Article

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