Biomonitoring of heavy metals in fish from the Danube River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1189-1198

  Zrnčić, Snježana ^a   Oraić, Dražen ^a   Ćaleta, Marko ^b   Mihaljević, Željko ^a   Zanella, Davor ^b   Bilandžić, Nina ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Danube River; Freshwater fish; Heavy metals; Mercury

Indexed keywords

DANUBE RIVERS; FRESHWATER FISHES; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; HERBIVOROUS FISH; MEASURED VALUES; PISCIVOROUS FISH; PLANKTIVOROUS FISH;

FISH; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

DANUBE RIVER;

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

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874413954     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2625-x     Document Type: Article

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