Interspecific and locational differences in heavy metal levels in four species of birds near Sydney, Australia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-119

  Burger, Joanna ^a,c   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Australia; Interspecific differences; Lead; Metals

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN WHITE IBIS; CACATUA SULPHUREA; COLUMBA LIVIA; INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCE; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; ROCK DOVE; SILVER GULL; SULFUR CRESTED COCKATOO; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA;

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

ECOLOGY;

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

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CACATUA GALERITA; CACATUA SULPHUREA; CACATUIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBIFORMES; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; IBIS; LARUS; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032795895     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006095314372     Document Type: Article

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