Heavy metal contents in water, sediment and fish in a karst aquatic ecosystem of the Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3826-3839

  Vukosav, Petra ^a   Mlakar, Marina ^a   Cukrov, Neven ^a   Kwokal, Željko ^a   Pižeta, Ivanka ^a   Pavlus, Natalija ^b,c   Špoljarić, Ivanka ^c   Vurnek, Maja ^c   Brozinčević, Andrijana ^c   Omanović, Dario ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Institut IGH   (Croatia)

^c Plitvice Lakes National Park   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Ecological status; Karst environment; Lakes; Sediments; Speciation modelling; Trace metals; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; LAKE; LIVER; MUSCLE; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893929415     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2377-3     Document Type: Article

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