Metal concentrations in selected organs and tissues of five Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) populations

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-322

  Van Eeden, Pieter H ^a  

^a EcoMonitor cc   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood; Bone; Fulica cristata; Kidney; Liver; Metals; Red knobbed Coot

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TISSUE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTIO SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIRD; METAL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; FULICA CRISTATA; RALLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041973790     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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