Heavy metal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) concentrations in seven fish species in relation to fish size and location along the Yangtze River

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3989-3996

  Yi, Yu Jun ^a   Zhang, Shang Hong ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fish; Habitat; Heavy metals; Size; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDITION FACTOR; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL; HERBIVORE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; RIVER; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PELTEOBAGRUS FULVIDRACO; PISCES; SILURUS ASOTUS;

EID: 84867097719     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0840-1     Document Type: Article

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