Risk to breeding success of waterbirds by contaminants in Hong Kong: Evidence from trace elements in eggs

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 135, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 481-490

  Lam, James C W ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^b   Lam, Michael H W ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eggs; Egrets; Herons; Mercury; Risk assessment; Selenium; Terns; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL AREAS; HONG KONG, CHINA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; WATERBIRDS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

EGG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TOXICOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; EGG; EGRETTA GARZETTA; HAZARD; HONG KONG; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NYETICORAX NYETICORAX; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STERNA ANAETHETUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; EGRETTA GARZETTA; LARIDAE; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; STERNA ANAETHETUS;

EID: 14744272947     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.11.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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