Animal excrement: A potential biomonitor of heavy metal contamination in the marine environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 399, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 179-185

  Yin, Xuebin ^a,b   Xia, Lijun ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   Luo, Honghao ^a   Wang, Yuhong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal excrement; Antarctica, Xisha Archipelago; Artic; Bio monitoring; Heavy metal; Marine environment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOMATERIALS; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL);

ANIMAL EXCREMENTS; ANTARCTICA; BIO-MONITORING; BIOMAGNIFICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COPPER; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHINA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARACEL ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 44649085574     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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