Concentrations of some heavy metals in commercially important finfish and shellfish of the River Ganga

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2219-2230

  Mitra, Abhijit ^a   Chowdhury, Ranju ^a   Banerjee, Kakoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Finfish; Lead; River Ganga; Shellfish; Toxicity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINFISH; FOOD CHAIN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METAL ACCUMULATION; PERKINELMER; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SHELLFISH; TOXICITY; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FINFISH; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; SHELLFISH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FINFISH; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; SHELLFISH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GANGES DELTA; GANGES RIVER;

EID: 84862834963     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2111-x     Document Type: Article

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