Mercury and stable isotopes in feathers of Audouin's Gulls as indicators of feeding habits and migratory connectivity

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-275

  Sanpera, Carola ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a   Moreno, Rocío ^a   Jover, Lluís ^a   Waldron, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding; Larus audouinii; Mercury; Migration; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

LARUS AUDOUINII;

EID: 34248683253     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[268:MASIIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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