Biometric parameters of the bream (Abramis brama) as indicators for long-term changes in fish health and environmental quality—data from the German ESB

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1620-1627

  Teubner, Diana ^a   Paulus, Martin ^a   Veith, Michael ^a   Klein, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Condition factor; Environmental specimen bank; Hepatosomatic index; Length; Lipid content; Weight

Indexed keywords

WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CYPRINIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84939885682     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3008-3     Document Type: Article

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