Trace elements in clutches of Yellow-legged Gulls, Larus cachinnans, from the Medes Islands, Spain

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 757-762

  Sanpera, C ^a   Morera, M ^a   Crespo, S ^a   Ruiz, X ^b   Jover, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITELLOGENIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG; FISH; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGGS; FEMALE; SPAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0030763613     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900545     Document Type: Article

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