The snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) as an appropriate environmental bioindicator in alpine ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 391, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 278-283

  Metcheva, Roumiana ^a   Beltcheva, Michaela ^a   Chassovnikarova, Tsenka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Alpine; Cytogenetical assessment; Heavy metal bioaccumulation; Morpho physiology; Oxygen consumption; Snow vole (Chionomys nivalis); Zoomonitor

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; OXYGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETICAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL BIOACCUMULATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SNOW VOLE; ZOOMONITOR;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMATOLOGY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BETA RAYS; BONE AND BONES; BULGARIA; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPLEEN;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHIONOMYS NIVALIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 37649000642     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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