Large-scale spatial variation in mercury concentrations in cattle in NW Spain

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-181

  Lopez Alonso M ^a,b   Benedito, J L ^a   Miranda, M ^a,b   Fernandez J A ^a   Castillo, C ^a   Hernandez J ^a   Shore, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cattle; Kidney residues; Mercury emissions; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXIC MATERIALS;

CATTLE; COAL-BURNING POWER STATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; CATTLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY MASS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SPAIN; TISSUE LEVEL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ASTURIAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BRYOPSIDA; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

EID: 0141958529     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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