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Content and character of metal accumulation in fish of the Kichera River (a tributary of Lake Baikal)

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The paper studied the content of metals (Mn, Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, and Hg) in the muscle tissue and liver of fish of different trophic levels from the Kichera River (Severobaikal’sk raion, Republic of Buryatia).

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  1. Baikal Institute of Nature Management, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Sakhyanovoi 6, Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russia

    E. Ts. Pintaeva, S. V. Bazarsadueva & L. D. Radnaeva

  2. Buryat State University, ul. Smolina 24a, Ulan-Ude, 670000, Russia

    L. D. Radnaeva

  3. JSC Vostsibrybtsentr, ul. Khakhalova 4b, Ulan-Ude, 670034, Russia

    E. A. Petrov & O. G. Smirnova

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Original Russian Text © E.Ts. Pintaeva, S.V. Bazarsadueva, L.D. Radnaeva, E.A. Petrov, O.G. Smirnova, 2011, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2011, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 87–92.

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Pintaeva, E.T., Bazarsadueva, S.V., Radnaeva, L.D. et al. Content and character of metal accumulation in fish of the Kichera River (a tributary of Lake Baikal). Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 4, 64–68 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425511010103

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