P and trace metal contents in biomaterials, soils, sediments and plants in colony of red-footed booby (Sula sula) in the Dongdao Island of South China Sea

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 707-715

  Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Zhao, Sanping ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   Yin, Xuebin ^a   Xie, Zhouqin ^a   Honghao, Luo ^a   Wang, Yuhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Dongdao Island of South China Sea; Phosphorus; Plants; Red footed booby droppings; Sediments; Soils; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DROPPINGS; EGGSHELLS; SEABIRDS;

ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; PHOSPHORUS; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; COLONY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PHOSPHORUS; PLANT; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FEATHER; FECES ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; SEABIRD; SEDIMENTATION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DONGDAO ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARACEL ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

AVES; SULA SULA;

EID: 33748191646     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.01.043     Document Type: Article

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