Elemental contaminants in the livers and ingesta of four subpopulations of the American coot (Fulica americana): An herbivorous winter migrant in San Francisco Bay

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-329

  Hui, C A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Coots; Fulica americana; Herbivory; Metals; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BORON; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; ESOPHAGUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS LATRANS; FULICA AMERICANA; RALLIDAE;

EID: 0031720339     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00060-8     Document Type: Article

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