Trace metal concentrations in tissues of two tinamou species in mining areas of Bolivia and their potential as environmental sentinels

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 629-644

  Garitano Zavala, Álvaro ^a   Cotín, Javier ^b   Borràs, Miquel ^b   Nadal, Jacint ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andes; Antimony; Darwin's Nothura; Mining activity; Ornate Tinamou

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; HISTOLOGY; METALS; TISSUE; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ANDES; DARWIN'S NOTHURA; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MINING ACTIVITIES; MONITORING PROGRAMS; ORNATE TINAMOU; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; TRACE METAL; METAL; POLLUTANT;

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HISTOLOGY; MINING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE METAL; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; LIVER; MINING; NONHUMAN; NORTHURA DARWINII; NOTHOPROCTA ORNATA; POLLUTION MONITORING; STORAGE DISEASE; TINAMIDAE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT;

BOLIVIA;

AVES; NOTHOPROCTA ORNATA; NOTHURA; NOTHURA DARWINII; TINAMIDAE; TINAMIFORMES;

ANIMALS; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIRDS; BOLIVIA; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; METALS; MINING;

EID: 77955416277     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1139-7     Document Type: Article

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