Organic and total mercury in muscle tissue of five aquatic birds with different feeding habits from the SE Gulf of California, Mexico

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 415-418

  Ruelas Inzunza, J ^a   Hernandez Osuna J ^b   Paez Osuna F ^b  

^a Technological Institute of   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Cormorants; Ducks; Feeding strategy; Mercury; Pelicans

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE;

AVIFAUNA; CORMORANTS; DUCKS; FEEDING STRATEGIES; PELICANS;

BIRDS;

MERCURY;

BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDING ECOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEXICO; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS DISCORS; AVES; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE;

EID: 67349259028     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.042     Document Type: Article

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