Feathers of White Stork Ciconia ciconia chicks in north-eastern Greece, as indicators of geographical variation in mercury contamination

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 379-390

  Goutner, Vassilis ^a   Furness, Robert W ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Mercury; Pollution; Stork

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GREECE; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

CICONIA CICONIA;

EID: 0032434312     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249809358629     Document Type: Article

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