Mercury in feathers of little egret Egretta garzetta and night heron Nycticorax nycticorax chicks and in their prey in the Axios Delta, Greece

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-216

  Goutner, V ^a   Furness, R W ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FISH; FROG; GREECE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEATHERS; GREECE; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030951773     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900177     Document Type: Article

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