Mercury and cadmium in common cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-255

  Saeki, K ^a   Okabe, Y ^b   Kim, E Y ^c   Tanabe, S ^b   Fukuda, M ^d   Tatsukawa, R ^e  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Zoological Park Society   (Japan)

^e KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Common cormorant; Growth variation; Mercury; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEABIRD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CADMIUM POISONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033970217     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00181-5     Document Type: Article

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