Use of feathers of feral pigeons (Columba livia) as a technique for metal quantification and environmental monitoring

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 457-467

  Hoff Brait, Carlos Henrique ^a   Antoniosi Filho, Nelson Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Columba livia; Environment; Metals; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPIC ACTIVITY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COLUMBA LIVIA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXOGENOUS SOURCE; EXPOSURE-TIME; MEAN VALUES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL LEVELS; S STATE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; TISSUE;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL;

AIR ANALYSIS; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COLUMBIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEATHERS; METALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 79960393161     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1748-1     Document Type: Article

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