Cleansing oiled feathers - Magnetically

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-221

  Orbell, John D ^a   Tan, Ee K ^a   Coutts, Merryn ^a   Bigger, Stephen W ^a   Ngeh, Lawrence N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Duck feathers; Feather damage; Iron powder; Magnetic; Oil contamination

Indexed keywords

IRON;

BIRD; CLEANUP; FEATHER; OIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; DRY POWDER; DUCK; FEATHER; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032881984     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00186-6     Document Type: Article

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