Mercury in seabird feathers: Insight on dietary habits and evidence for exposure levels in the western Indian Ocean

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 194-204

  Kojadinovic, Jessica ^a,b,c   Bustamante, Paco ^a   Churlaud, Carine ^a   Cosson, Richard P ^b   Le Corre, Matthieu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Contamination; Marine birds; Mercury; Trophic ecology; Tropical islands

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRDS; CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION;

MARINE BIRDS; TROPHIC ECOLOGY; TROPICAL ISLANDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DIET; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; INDIA; JUVENILE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; GEOGRAPHY; INDIAN OCEAN; MERCURY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

ANOUS STOLIDUS; ANOUS TENUIROSTRIS; AVES; PHAETHON LEPTURUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; PTERODROMA BARAUI; PUFFINUS BAILLONI; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 34548027937     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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