Element concentrations in the flesh and osteoderms of estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) from the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Australia: Biotic and geographic effects

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 236-245

  Jeffree, R A ^a   Markich, S J ^a   Twining, J R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; URANIUM; ZINC;

AGE; ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; LINEAR MODELS; METALS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0035006580     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010168     Document Type: Article

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