Relationships between heavy metal and metallothionein concentrations in lesser black-backed gulls, Larus fuscus, and Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-305

  Stewart, F M ^a,c   Furness, R W ^a   Monteiro, L R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; KIDNEY; LIVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030001622     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00212287     Document Type: Article

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