Accumulation of heavy metals in circumpolar willow ptarmigan (Lagopus l. lagopus) populations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 176-189

  Pedersen, H C ^a   Fossoy F ^a   Kalas J A ^a   Lierhagen, S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

AMAP; Cadmium; Circumpolar mapping; Copper; Lagopus lagopus; Lead; Mercury; Terrestrial environment; Willow ptarmigan; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; ZINC;

AMAP; CIRCUMPOLAR MAPPING; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WILLOW PTARMIGAN;

BIODIVERSITY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COPPER; GAMEBIRD; LEAD; POLAR REGION; POLLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; KIDNEY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SWEDEN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GALLIFORMES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; NORWAY; RUSSIA; SWEDEN;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AVES; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; SALIX;

EID: 33750533335     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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