Metals in feathers of Bonin petrel, Christmas shearwater, wedge-tailed shearwater, and red-tailed tropicbird in the Hawaian Islands, northern Pacific

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-358

  Gochfeld, M ^a,b   Gochfeld, D J ^c   Minton, D ^c   Murray Jr , B G ^d   Pyle, P ^e   Seto, N ^f   Smith, D ^f   Burger, J ^a,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^f Department of Forestry and Wildlife ^*

Author keywords

Birds; Environmental pollutants; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;

ARGON; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; FEATHER; METAL; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032758380     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006134125236     Document Type: Article

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