Metal levels in tissues of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) from Hungary: Variation with sex, age, condition and location

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 741-743

  Lanszki, József ^a   Orosz, Eniko ^b   Sugár, László ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Lead; Mercury; Otter; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HUNGARY; LARGE RIVERS; MERCURY; METAL LEVELS; OTTER; ZINC CONCENTRATIONS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; HISTOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); ZINC;

LEAD;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MUSTELID; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; HUNGARY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SAMPLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; FEMALE; HUNGARY; LEAD; LIVER; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; OTTERS; SEX FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 58149507977     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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