Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos L.) As bioindicator of pollution with selected heavy metals of some water reservoirs in the Lublin District

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 2 A, 2010, Pages 383-389

  Wałkuska, Grazyna ^a   Bojar, Hubert ^b   Chałabis Mazurek, Agnieszka ^a   Kursa, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Mallard; Poland; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESERVOIR; WATER QUALITY; WATERFOWL;

LUBELSKIE; LUBLIN; POLAND;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 77950619749     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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