Using the Mallard to biomonitor heavy metal contamination of wetlands in north-western Poland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 320, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 145-161

  Kalisińska, Elzbieta ^a   Salicki, Wiesław ^a   Mysłek, Piotr ^a   Kavetska, Katarzyna M ^a   Jackowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age differences; Cadmium; Copper; Heavy metals; Iron; Lead; Mallard; Manganese; Nickel; Wetlands; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; IRON; MANGANESE;

POLLUTANTS;

WETLANDS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; BONE; BRAIN; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; FLOODING; HERBIVORY; IMMATURITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MINING; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; POLAND; POLLUTANT; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SPECIES HABITAT; TRAFFIC; WETLAND;

AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; POLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 1542328137     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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