Seasonal change in metal concentrations in selected tissues of the red-knobbed coot, Fulica cristata, from a metal-polluted wetland

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-99

  Van Eeden, Pieter H ^a  

^a EcoMonitor cc   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; LEAD; PURIFICATION; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TISSUE; TRANSITION METALS; WATER POLLUTION;

FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

WETLANDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANATIDAE; FULICA CRISTATA; RALLIDAE;

EID: 0037277763     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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