Metal levels in feathers of 12 species of seabirds from Midway Atoll in the northern Pacific Ocean

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-52

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Gochfeld, Michael ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Birds; Cadmium; Feathers; Heavy metals; Lead; Manganese; Marine pollution; Mercury; Midway; Seabirds; Selenium; Tin

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; SELENIUM; TIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; LEAD; METALS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANOUS STOLIDUS; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES; FREGATA MINOR; FREGATIDAE; GYGIS ALBA; LARIDAE; PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA; PHAETHONTIDAE; PTERODROMA HYPOLEUCA; PUFFINUS NATIVITATIS; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS; STERNA FUSCATA; STERNA LUNATA; SULA SULA; SULIDAE;

EID: 0034691932     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00496-4     Document Type: Article

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