Trace element residues in eggshells of grey heron (Ardea cinerea) and black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) from Nallihan Bird Paradise, Ankara-Turkey

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-352

  Ayaş, Zafer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eggshells; Herons; Pollution; Trace elements; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; COPPER; EGGSHELL; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; WADER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORAGING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; NALLIHAN BIRD PARADISE; SARIYAR RESERVOIR; TURKEY;

ARDEA CINEREA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 34047196524     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0132-6     Document Type: Article

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