Correlation of MT levels in livers and gills with heavy metals in wild tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) from the Klang River, Malaysia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 674-679

  Naji, Abolfazl ^a   Ismail, Ahmad ^b   Kamrani, Ehsan ^a   Sohrabi, Tooraj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Inland Water Aquaculture Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gill; Liver; Malaysia; Metallothionein; Oreochromis mossambicus

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; FISH; HEAVY METALS; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MERCURY (METAL); ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GILL; MALAYSIA; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METALLOTHIONEINS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; POLLUTED AREA; TISSUE SPECIFICS;

TISSUE;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; SERI; TILAPIA;

HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GILL; LIVER; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; RIVER; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GILLS; LIVER; MALAYSIA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904269365     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1243-4     Document Type: Article

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