Assessment of Mercury Accumulation and Magnification in a Freshwater Food Chain: Sediment, Benthos and Benthivorous Fish
Background: Present study was conducted to measure the level of total mercury (tHg) in sediments, benthos and benthivorous fish (i.e., common carp) for determining Biota (Benthos)-Sediment Accumulation Factor (BSAF), as well as Biomagnification Factor (BMF) of tHg between two trophic levels of benth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Arak University of Medical Sciences
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Toxicology |
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| Online Access: | http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-705-en.pdf |