Lead in feathers and δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity in three raptor species from an unpolluted mediterranean forest (Southeastern Spain)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-275

  Martinez Lopez E ^a   Martinez J E ^a   Maria Mojica P ^a   Penalver J ^a   Pulido, M ^b   Calvo, J F ^a   García Fernández, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FEATHER; LEAD; NESTLING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEATHER; FOREST; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; SPAIN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEATHERS; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RAPTORS; SPAIN; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; CICONIIFORMES; HIERAAETUS; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17144449995     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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