Levels of cadmium, mercury, and lead in magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) stranded on the Brazilian coast

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 460-468

  Vega, Claudia M ^a   Siciliano, Salvatore ^a,b   Barrocas, Paulo R G ^b   Hacon, Sandra S ^b   Campos, Reinaldo C ^c   Do Couto Jacob, Silvana ^d   Ott, Paulo Henrique ^e,f  

^a Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Marinhos da Região dos Lagos GEMM Lagos   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d National Institute for Quality Control in Health   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f Grupo de Estudos de Mamiferos Aquaticos do Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; COASTAL WATER; DIET; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEABIRD; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; INFORMATION; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; LIVER; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEAWATER; SPHENISCIDAE;

ATLANTIC COAST [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; BRAZIL;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 76949097119     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9349-0     Document Type: Article

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