Lead concentrations in feathers and blood of common blackbirds (Turdus merula) and in earthworms inhabiting unpolluted and moderately polluted urban areas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 197-205

  Scheifler, R ^a   Coeurdassier M ^a   Morilhat, C ^a   Bernard, N ^a   Faivre, B ^b   Flicoteaux, P ^a   Giraudoux, P ^a   Noel M ^a   Piotte, P ^c   Rieffel, D ^a   de Vaufleury, A ^a   Badot, P M ^a  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bird populations; Ecotoxicological risk; Heavy metals; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; LEAD; SOILS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

BIRD POPULATION; EARTHWORMS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; FOOD CHAIN;

BIODIVERSITY;

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BLOOD; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEATHER; FOOD CHAIN; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTION; TAIL FEATHER; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEATHER; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FOOD CHAIN; FRANCE; LEAD; OLIGOCHAETA; PASSERIFORMES; URBANIZATION;

BESANCON; BOURGOGNE; COTE-D'OR; DIJON; DOUBS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; FRANCHE-COMTE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 33751060496     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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