Heavy metal distribution in tissues and eggs of Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 580-586

  Xu, Qianghua ^a,b   Fang, Shengguo ^a,b   Wang, Zhenwei ^c   Wang, Zhiping ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Changxing Nature Reserve and Breeding Research Center for Chinese Alligator   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; CONTAINMENT; COPPER; CROCODILIAN; EGGSHELL; HEAVY METAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ZINC;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOME; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG; EGG SHELL; FECES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES HABITAT;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; OVUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATOR SINENSIS;

EID: 33645572315     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-1018-3     Document Type: Article

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