Trace metal distribution in tissues of cichlids (Oreochromis niloticus and O. mossambicus) collected from wastewater-fed fishponds in East Calcutta Wetlands, a Ramsar site

Background. Metals discharged in wastes from different industries into wetland ecosystems pose a serious threat to the receiving environment. Biotic components grown in the area amass such metals within their body through nutritional uptake and accumulation. The present investigation was carried out...

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Main Authors: S. Chatterjee, B. Chattopadhyay, S.K. Mukhopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2006-12-01
Series:Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
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Online Access:https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/25959/download/pdf/