Metal accumulation in fish from different zones of a large, shallow freshwater lake

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-124

  Zeng, Jin ^a,b,c   Yang, Liuyan ^a,b   Wang, Xue ^a   Wang, Wen Xiong ^c   Wu, Qinglong L ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ecological type; Fish tissues; Heavy metals; Taihu Lake

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORY; ECOREGION; FISH; FRESHWATER; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARISTICHTHYS NOBILIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; CARP; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTRICHTHYS ERYTHROPTERUS; ERYTHROCULTER ILISHAEFORMIS; FRESHWATER FISH; GILL; GOLDFISH; INTESTINE; LAKE; LIVER; MACROPHYTE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PELTEOBAGRUS FULVIDRACO; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTOSALANX HYALOCRANIUS; PSEUDORASBORA PARVA; RHODEUS OCELLATUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FISHES; GILLS; LAKES; LIVER; METALS; MUSCLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CULTRICHTHYS ERYTHROPTERUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ERYTHROCULTER ILISHAEFORMIS; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; PELTEOBAGRUS FULVIDRACO; PROTOSALANX HYALOCRANIUS; PSEUDORASBORA PARVA; RHODEUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 84868303329     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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