Mercury levels in the feathers of breeding seabirds in the Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, from 1996 to 2005

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Tavares, Paula C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aseasonal breeding seabirds; Inshore feeding seabirds; Mercury pollution; Offshore feeding seabirds; Tropical seabirds.

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; EL NINO; FEATHER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

ANOUS TENUIROSTRIS; GYGIS; GYGIS ALBA; PHAETHON LEPTURUS; PUFFINUS LHERMINIERI; STERNA DOUGALLII; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 77649302776     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09055     Document Type: Article

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