Sharptooth catfish shows its metal: a case study of metal contamination at two impoundments in the Olifants River, Limpopo river system, South Africa.

Jooste, Antoinette; Marr, Sean M; Addo-Bediako, Abraham; Luus-Powell, Wilmien J

Jooste, Antoinette; Marr, Sean M; Addo-Bediako, Abraham; Luus-Powell, Wilmien J.

Affiliation

Jooste A; Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, P/Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. Electronic address: Antoinette.Jooste@ul.ac.za.
Marr SM; Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, P/Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. Electronic address: sean.marr@ul.ac.za.
Addo-Bediako A; Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, P/Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. Electronic address: Abe.Addo-Bediako@ul.ac.za.
Luus-Powell WJ; Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, P/Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. Electronic address: Wilmien.Powell@ul.ac.za.

Ecotoxicol Environ Saf ; 112: 96-104, 2015 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25463859

Subject(s)

Catfishes/metabolism; Environmental Exposure; Food Contamination/analysis; Metals/metabolism; Water Pollutants, Chemical/metabolism; Animals; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism; Risk Assessment; Rivers; South Africa

Key words

Antimony; Clarias gariepinus; Human health risk; Lead; Metal pollution; Olifants River; Reservoir

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Water Pollutants, Chemical / Catfishes / Food Contamination / Environmental Exposure / Metals Type of study: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: Ecotoxicol Environ Saf Year: 2015 Document type: Article Country of publication: Netherlands

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