Baseline mercury and zinc concentrations in terrestrial and coastal organisms of Admiralty Bay, Antarctica

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-311

  Dos Santos, Isaac Rodrigues ^a   Silva Filho, Emmanoel Vieira ^a   Schaefer, Carlos ^b   Maria Sella, Silvia ^a   Silva, Carlos A ^a   Gomes, Vicente ^c   Passos, Maria José De A C R ^c   Van Ngan, Phan ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Baseline studies; Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; Ferraz Station

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION; ZINC;

ANTARCTIC; BASELINE STUDIES; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION; FERRAZ STATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

MERCURY; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ZINC;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; LAND BIOME; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; IRON; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 30144446107     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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