Levels of heavy metals in seals of Lake Ladoga and the White Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 95-105

  Medvedev, N ^a   Panichev, N ^b   Hyvarinen H ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Heavy metal levels; Pollution; Seals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

BEARDED SEAL; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; MAMMALS; RINGED SEAL;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HAIR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

WHITE SEA;

ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS; PHOCA HISPIDA HISPIDA; PHOCA HISPIDA LADOGENSIS;

EID: 0030695306     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00210-6     Document Type: Article

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