Mercury distribution in selected tissues of migratory and resident avifauna from Altata-Ensenada del Pabellón Lagoon, Southeast Gulf of California

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Ruelas Inzunza, J ^a   Paez Osuna F ^b   Arvizu Merin, M ^a  

^a Technological Institute of   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; HEART; HISTOLOGY; LAGOON; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; VISCERA; WATER BIRD; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MEXICO; POLLUTANT;

MERCURY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; LIVER; MERCURY; MEXICO; MUSCLES; MYOCARDIUM; VISCERA;

EID: 34249725594     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9026-9     Document Type: Article

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