Fish biochemical markers as a tool for pollution assessment on the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Czech Republic

• Authors: BLAHOVA Jana; HAVELKOVA Marcela; KRUZIKOVA Kamila; KOVAROVA Jana; HARUŠTIAKOVÁ Danka; KASIKOVA Barbora; HYPR Dusan; JURCIKOVA Jana; OCELKA Tomas; SVOBODOVA Zdenka
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Neuroendocrinology Letters
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Water pollution and control
• Keywords: fish; biomarkers; Svratka River; Svitava River; pollution; chub; Leuciscus cephalus
• Description: The results presented in our study indicate the highest contamination of sites situated downstream from Brno, where the intensive industrial and agricultural activities as well as domestic waste and sewage most probably comprise the main impact sources of the enhanced level of pollutants and some biochemical markers in fish.

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