Evaluation of the suitability of application of golden jackal (Canis aureus) hair as a noninvasive technique for determination of body burden mercury

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 997-1002

  Malvandi, Hassan ^a   Ghasempouri, Seyed Mahmoud ^a   Esmaili Sari, Abbas ^a   Bahramifar, Nader ^a,b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bio monitoring; Canis aureus; Golden jackal; Hair; Liver; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMONITORING; CANID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SAMPLING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; IRAN; JACKAL; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; METAL RECOVERY; MORPHOMETRICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HAIR; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; JACKALS; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY;

CASPIAN SEA; IRAN; MAZANDARAN;

CANIDAE; CANIS AUREUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956615154     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0504-1     Document Type: Article

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