Determination of heavy metal (Zn, Pb, Cd and Cr) concentration in benthic fauna tissues collected from the Southeast Caspian Sea, Iran

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-60

  Saghali, Mahmood ^a   Hoseini, Seyyed Morteza ^b   Hosseini, Seyed Abbas ^b   Baqraf, Rauf ^c  

^a IRANIAN FISHERIES RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^b GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^c AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL AND INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Benthos; Caspian Sea; Contamination; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FAUNAS; BENTHOS; CADMIUMS (CD); CASPIAN SEA; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING SITE;

ANIMALS; CONTAMINATION; FISH; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; LEAD; TISSUE; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; IRAN; METABOLISM; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; IRAN; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891834477     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-1133-1     Document Type: Article

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