Audouin's gull chicks as bioindicators of mercury pollution at different breeding locations in the western Mediterranean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-696

  Sanpera, Carolina ^a   Moreno, Rocío ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a   Jover, Lluis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audouin's gull; Mediterranean; Mercury; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FISH; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); WATER POLLUTION;

AUDOUIN'S GULL; MEDITERRANEAN; STABLE ISOTOPES;

BIRDS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; MERCURY; NITROGEN; RIVER WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR;

BREEDING SITE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICK; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; ALBORAN; ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; CATALONIA; CHAFARINAS ISLANDS; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 34249704032     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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