Influence of a mine tailing accident near Doñana National Park (Spain) on heavy metals and arsenic accumulation in 14 species of waterfowl (1998 to 2000)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 521-529

  Gomez G ^a   Baos, R ^b   Gomara B ^a   Jimenez B ^a   Benito, V ^b   Montoro, R ^c   Hiraldo, F ^b   Gonzalez M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PYRITE; ZINC; IRON; SULFIDE;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; TAILINGS; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DUCKS AND GEESE; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DUCK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KIDNEY; LIVER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POLLUTANT;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER ANSER; AVES; CICONIA; CICONIA CICONIA; LARUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; PORPHYRIO; PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SPAIN; SULFIDES;

EID: 7944234854     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0189-z     Document Type: Article

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