Patterns of metal accumulation in osteoderms of the Australian freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 336, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 71-80

  Jeffree, Ross A ^a,c   Markich, Scott J ^a   Tucker, Anton D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Accumulation Osteoderm; Crocodile; Freshwater; Metal

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

BIOTA; FRESHWATER BIVALVES; FRESHWATER CROCODILES; OSTEODERM CONCENTRATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; URANIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REPTILE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOLUBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; METALS; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LYND RIVER; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS JOHNSONI;

EID: 10344252261     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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