Mercury in wetland birds of Iran and Iraq: Contrasting resident moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, and migratory common teal, Anas crecca, life strategies

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-453

  Zamani Ahmadmahmoodi, Rasool ^a   Esmaili Sari, Abbas ^a   Ghasempouri, Seyed Mahmoud ^a   Savabieasfahani, Mozhgan ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Teal; Mercury; Moorhen; Wetlands of Iran

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE; WETLANDS;

COMMON TEAL; DRY WEIGHT; LIFE STRATEGIES; MEAN VALUES; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; MOORHEN; WETLAND BIRDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRY WEIGHT; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; IRAN; IRAQ; KIDNEY; LIVER; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

ANAS CRECCA; AVES; GALLINULA; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS;

EID: 63049138900     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9637-4     Document Type: Article

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