The penguin feathers as bioindicator of Antarctica environmental state

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 362, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 259-265

  Metcheva, R ^a   Yurukova, L ^a   Teodorova, S ^b   Nikolova, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Feather; Heavy metals; Major essential elements; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ANTARCTICA; FEATHER; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; FEATHER; FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; FOOD CHAIN; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; METALS; PHOSPHORUS; SPHENISCIDAE; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA;

PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICUS; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33646585163     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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