Heavy metal concentrations in three shorebird species from Okgu Mudflat, Gunsan, Korea

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Kim, Jungsoo ^a   Lee, Hwa Su ^a   Koo, Tae Hoe ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Essential elements; Lead and cadmium; Livers; Poisoning level; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MIGRATION ROUTE; MUDFLAT; WADER;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CALIDRIS RUFICOLLI; CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HOMEOSTASIS; KOREA; LIVER; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOREBIRD; TOXICITY; XENUS CINEREUS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CHARADRIIFORMES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; IRON; KOREA; LEAD; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KUNSAN; NORTH CHOLLA; SOUTH KOREA;

AVES; CALIDRIS RUFICOLLIS; CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS; XENUS; XENUS CINEREUS;

EID: 58149234855     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-008-0257-2     Document Type: Article

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