Mercury levels in seabirds and their fish prey at the Ebro Delta (NW Mediterranean): The role of trawler discards as a source of contamination

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2002, Pages 281-290

  Arcos, J M ^a   Ruiz, X ^a   Bearhop, S ^a   Furness, R W ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Diet; Heavy metals; Mediterranean; Seabird fisheries interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DIET; FISHERY DISCARD; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEABIRD;

EBRO DELTA; SPAIN;

CLUPEIFORMES; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; LARUS; LARUS AUDOUINII; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037013008     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps232281     Document Type: Article

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