Metal Levels in Fish from the Savannah River: Potential Hazards to Fish and Other Receptors

Fish are ideal indicators of heavy metal contamination in aquatic systems because they occupy different trophic levels and are different sizes and ages. In this paper, we report concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, strontium88 and mercury in the muscle of 11 species...

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Published in:	Environmental research Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 85 - 97
Main Authors:	Burger, Joanna, Gaines, Karen F., Boring, C.Shane, Stephens, Warren L., Snodgrass, Joel, Dixon, Carline, McMahon, Michael, Shukla, Sheila, Shukla, Tara, Gochfeld, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01-05-2002 Elsevier
Subjects:	Agnatha. Pisces Amia calva Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Applied ecology Biological and medical sciences blood lead Body Weight children Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates Fishes Food Chain Freshwater Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Georgia learning achievement Lepomis microlophus Metals, Heavy - analysis Metals, Heavy - pharmacokinetics Micropterus salmoides Perca flavescens Risk Assessment school attainment Strontium - analysis Strontium - pharmacokinetics Tissue Distribution Water Pollutants - analysis Water Pollutants - pharmacokinetics Savannah River United States North America America Georgia USA, Savannah R school attainment learning achievement children blood lead Cadmium Arsenic Interspecific comparison Micropterus salmoides Heavy metal Freshwater environment Concentration measurement Strontium Hypothesis test Pollutant Vertebrata Trophic level Pisces Chromium Lead Biological accumulation Copper Perca flavescens Manganese
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