Total mercury in feathers of white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla L.) from Northern Germany over 50 years

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 686-692

  Scharenberg, W ^a   Struwe Juhl, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY BURDEN; EAGLE; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; GERMANY; MERCURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

EID: 0034091469     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280000058     Document Type: Article

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