Spatial patterns in a bioindicator: Heavy metal and selenium concentration in eggs of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) in the New York bight

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Gochfeld, M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOTOXICITY; EGG LAYING; ESTUARY; FOOD CHAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 0030816595     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900224     Document Type: Article

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