Toxicological risks for small mammals in a diffusely and moderately polluted floodplain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-406

  Wijnhoven, Sander ^a,b   Leuven, Rob S E W ^b   van der Velde, Gerard ^b,c   Eijsackers, Herman J P ^d,e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Effect concentrations; Floodplain; Heavy metal pollution; Small mammals; Toxicological risks

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MAMMALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACCUMULATION; EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; FLOODPLAIN; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; SMALL MAMMALS; TOXICOLOGICAL RISKS;

POLLUTION; FLOODS;

CADMIUM; LEAD;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FLOODPLAIN; KIDNEY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER; MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHREW; SMALL MAMMAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY; VOLE;

ANIMALS; FLOODS; METALS, HEAVY; RODENTIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

ACCUMULATION; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; FLOOD PLAINS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; SMALL MAMMALS;

EID: 53549122219     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.059     Document Type: Article

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