Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) as a bioindicator of trace element pollution in Tunisian aquatic ecosystems

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 677-684

  Abdennadher, Aida ^a,b   Ramírez, Francisco ^a   Romdhane, Mohamed Salah ^b   Ruiz, Xavier ^a   Jover, Lluis ^a   Sanpera, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aquatic birds; Lead; Mercury; Selenium; Stable isotopes; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AQUATIC BIRDS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOINDICATOR; BREEDING GROUNDS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE RESOURCES; MERCURY; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC ECOLOGY; YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS;

EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LEAD; MARINE BIOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CARBON 13; LEAD; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15; RADIOISOTOPE; SELENIUM; SULFUR 34; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD; MARINE RESOURCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; WADER; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FEATHER; FORAGING; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAKE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; TUNISIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TUNISIA;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; EGRETTA GARZETTA; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 79952453098     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1560-y     Document Type: Article

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