Little egrets (Egretta Garzetta) and trace-metal contamination in wetlands of China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 355-368

  Zhang, Y ^a   Ruan, L ^a   Fasola, M ^b   Boncompagni, E ^b   Dong, Y ^c   Dai, N ^d   Gandini, C ^b   Orvini, E ^b   Ruiz, Xavier ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; China; Contamination; Egretta garzetta; Trace elements; Water birds

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; WATER BIRDS;

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; TRACE METAL; WADER; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIRDS; CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; OVUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE; TAI LAKE; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; EGRETTA GARZETTA;

EID: 33748168274     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-1496-4     Document Type: Article

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