Heavy metals and selenium in feathers of great tits (Parus major) along a pollution gradient

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2815-2820

  Janssens, Ellen ^a   Dauwe, Tom ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Feathers; Great tits; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; SELENIUM;

BIOMONITORS;

HEAVY METALS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; PASSERINE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FEATHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035190158     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620201221     Document Type: Article

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