Bird skins in museum collections: Are they suitable as indicators of environmental metal load after conservation procedures?

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-56

  Hogstad, Olav ^a   Nygard T ^b   Gatzschmann P ^a   Lierhagen, S ^b   Thingstad, P G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bird skins; Conservation treatment; Environmental monitoring; Metal contamination; Museum collections

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METAL ANALYSIS; MUSEUMS; SKIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION;

DETERGENT; METAL; PRESERVATIVE;

BIOMONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEATHER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAL RECOVERY; NONHUMAN; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; METALS; MUSEUMS; SKIN;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; BUBO; BUBO BUBO; CICONIIFORMES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0038379707     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024485829174     Document Type: Article

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