Heavy metals’ concentration in sediment, shrimp and two fish species from the northwest Persian Gulf

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 554-565

  Monikh, Fazel Abdolahpur ^a   Maryamabadi, Ammar ^a   Savari, Ahmad ^a   Ghanemi, Kamal ^a  

^a KHORRAMSHAHR UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arvand river; Heavy metal; Meleh estuary; Musa estuary; Persian Gulf; shrimp

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FISH; INDIAN OCEAN; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; GILL; GILL LEVEL; HEPATOPANCREAS; HEPATOPANCREAS LEVEL; JOHNIUS BELANGERII; LIVER LEVEL; METAPENAEUS AFFINIS; MUSA; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC FISH; SHRIMP; THRYSSA VITRIROSTRIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); JOHNIUS; METAPENAEUS AFFINIS; MUSA; THRYSSA VITRIROSTRIS;

EID: 84930459317     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233713475498     Document Type: Article

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