Seabirds as biomonitors of mercury inputs to epipelagic and mesopelagic marine food chains

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 299-305

  Thompson, David R ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a   Monteiro, Luis R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Epipelagic; Mercury; Mesopelagic; Seabirds; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

BIOMONITOR; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; BODY BURDEN; FEATHER; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHYLATION; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032503531     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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