Heavy metal transfers between trophic compartments in different ecosystems in Galicia (northwest Spain): Essential elements

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-700

  Gonzalez X I ^a   Aboal, J R ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LIGNITE; MANGANESE; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPOD; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RODENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WOODLAND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DETRITIVORE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; MOSS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OAK; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHREW; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; TREE; TROPHIC LEVEL; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPODA; METALS, HEAVY; MURIDAE; QUERCUS; SHREWS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARION ATER; BRYOPHYTA; GASTROPODA; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; MUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; QUERCUS ROBUR; SOREX GRANARIUS;

EID: 53149097797     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9157-y     Document Type: Article

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