Metal levels in the bones and livers of globally threatened marbled teal and white-headed duck from El Hondo, Spain

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Taggart, Mark A ^a,e   Green, Andy J ^b   Mateo, Rafael ^a   Svanberg, Fredrik ^c   Hillström, Lars ^d   Meharg, Andy A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian tissue; Conservation; Endangered birds; Food chain; Heavy metals; Pb shot; Protected wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD CHAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WETLAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COPPER; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; LEAD; LIVER; METALS; SELENIUM; SPAIN; ZINC;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EL HONDO; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANAS; AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 54049138336     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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