European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) populations under arsenic and metal stress: Evaluation of exposure at a mining site

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 237-245

  Lopes, I ^a   Sedlmayr, A ^b   Moreira Santos, M ^b   Moreno Garrido, I ^c   Blasco, J ^c   Ribeiro, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Feathers; Merops apiaster; Metals; Pellets

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATED SITES; METAL LEVELS; METAL MINING; METAL STRESS; MINING SITES; REFERENCE SITES;

ACIDS; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DRAINAGE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MINING; ONLINE SEARCHING; PELLETIZING; POLLUTION; ZINC;

CADMIUM;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; MINE; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUROPE; FEATHER; MEROPS APIASTER; MINING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIRDS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; FEATHERS; GEOGRAPHY; IRON; LEAD; METALS; MINING; NICKEL; PORTUGAL; ZINC;

AVES; MEROPS APIASTER;

EID: 74349104223     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0741-4     Document Type: Article

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