Trace element bioaccumulation in grey seals Halichoerus grypus from the Faroe Islands

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 267, Issue , 2004, Pages 291-301

  Bustamante, P ^a   Morales, C F ^a   Mikkelsen, B ^b   Dam, M ^c   Caurant, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Faroese Museum of Natural History   (Faroe Islands)

^c Food and Environmental Agency   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Distribution; Heavy metals; Marine mammals; Pinnipeds; Sub arctic

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DETOXIFICATION; HEAVY METAL; PINNIPED; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

CEPHALOPODA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542684773     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps267291     Document Type: Article

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