Relationship between mercury levels and diet in Azores seabirds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 259-265

  Monteiro, L R ^a   Granadeiro, J P ^b,c   Furness, R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Diet; Feathers; Mercury; Monitoring; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; DIET; FEATHER; MERCURY; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC; AZORES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032575099     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166259     Document Type: Article

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