Spatial variation of mercury levels in nesting Bonelli's eagles from Southwest Portugal: Effects of diet composition and prey contamination

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 549-557

  Palma, Luís ^a   Beja, Pedro ^a,b   Tavares, Paula C ^c   Monteiro, Luís R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Biomonitoring; Birds of prey; Jay; Partridge; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BONELLI'S EAGLES; NESTING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

COAL; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; POWER PLANTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RAPTOR; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EAGLE; FEATHER; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HERBIVORY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PREY; SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; MERCURY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PORTUGAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAPTORS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; COLUMBA; CORVIDAE; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TURDIDAE;

EID: 11144270603     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.05.017     Document Type: Article

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