Bioaccumulation of lead, mercury, and cadmium in the greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula, from the Ebro Delta (NE Spain): Sex- and age-dependent variation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-14

  Sánchez Chardi, Alejandro ^a   López Fuster, María José ^a   Nadal, Jacint ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Crocidura russula; Ebro Delta; Heavy metals; Sex

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; EBRO DELTA;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; LEAD; MAMMAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEX DETERMINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSECTIVORE; LACTATION; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; SEX FACTORS; SHREWS; SPAIN;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

ANIMALIA; CROCIDURA; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 33749984166     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.02.033     Document Type: Article

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