Spatial and temporal trends of metals and arsenic in German freshwater compartments

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5521-5536

  Fliedner, Annette ^a   Rüdel, Heinz ^a   Knopf, Burkhard ^a   Weinfurtner, Karlheinz ^a   Paulus, Martin ^b   Ricking, Mathias ^c   Koschorreck, Jan ^d  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abramis brama; Arsenic; Dreissena polymorpha; Environmental specimen bank; Heavy metals; Monitoring; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CYPRINID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

GERMANY;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA;

ARSENIC; FRESH WATER; METAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DREISSENA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DREISSENA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; LAKES; METALS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898910521     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2487-y     Document Type: Article

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