Changes in lead concentration in Antarctic penguin droppings during the past 3,000 years

Environmental Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1205-1208

  Sun, L ^a   Xie, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Environmental pollution; Lead; Penguin droppings

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OCEAN; FECES; FOOD WEB; GEOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PENGUIN; POLLUTION;

ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; FECAL PELLET; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAD; POLLUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034817191     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100346     Document Type: Article

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