Lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) concentration in the eggshells of Audouin's Gulls (Larus audouinii) in Turkey

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-384

  Ayaş, Zafer ^a   Çelikkan, Hüseyin ^b   Aksu, Mehmet Levent ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Audouin's gull; Cu; Eggshells; Pb; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749116565     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: 13036114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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