Influence of the diet on the bioaccumulation of heavy metals in zooplankton-eating petrels at Kerguelen archipelago, Southern Indian Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 759-767

  Bocher, P ^a,b   Caurant, F ^a   Miramand, P ^a   Cherel, Y ^b   Bustamante, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; HEAVY METAL; SEABIRD; ZOOPLANKTON;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

CICONIIFORMES; CRUSTACEA; HALOBAENA CAERULEA; PACHYPTILA; PACHYPTILA BELCHERI; PACHYPTILA DESOLATA; PELECANOIDES; PELECANOIDES GEORGICUS; PELECANOIDES URINATRIX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346337107     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0552-6     Document Type: Article

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