Heavy-metal concentrations in three owl species from Korea

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-28

  Kim, Jungsoo ^a   Lee, Hang ^b,c   Koo, Tae Hoe ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Background level; Heavy metals; Livers; Owls

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; HEAVY METAL; HOMEOSTASIS; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; KOREA; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; KOREA; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; STRIGIFORMES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

BUBO BUBO; NINOX SCUTULATA; OTUS LEMPIJI; OTUS LETTIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 37749039293     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0172-y     Document Type: Article

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