Metal contamination in select species of birds in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-170

  Jayakumar, R ^a   Muralidharan, S ^b  

^a GITAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

Author keywords

Birds; India; Indicators; Metal contamination

Indexed keywords

HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDIA; METAL CONTAMINATION; TAMIL NADU;

HEAVY METALS; LAKES;

METALS;

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; ARDEOLA GRAYII; AVES; BOS; BUBULCUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; EGRETTA GARZETTA; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; TURDOIDES STRIATUS;

EID: 79960561674     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0323-y     Document Type: Article

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