Toxic element concentration in the Atlantic gannet Morus bassanus (Pelecaniformes, Sulidae) in Portugal

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 503-509

  Mendes, P ^a,d   Eira, C ^a,d   Torres, J ^b   Soares, A M V M ^a   Melo, P ^c   Vingada, J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Parque de Monsanto   (Portugal)

^d Portuguese Wildlife Society   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MOLT; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS, HEAVY; PORTUGAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; MORUS BASSANUS; PELECANIFORMES; SULIDAE;

EID: 51849089832     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9134-5     Document Type: Article

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