Heavy metals in the tissues of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) stranded on the Portuguese coast

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 273, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 61-76

  Zhou, J L ^a   Salvador, S M ^b   Liu, Y P ^b   Sequeira, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Common dolphins; Heavy metals; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy; Portuguese coast; Tissues

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (METAL); NITRIC ACID; TISSUE;

TEMPORAL TRENDS;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; TIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; DOLPHIN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PORTUGAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035849644     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00844-5     Document Type: Article

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