Concentration of trace elements in feathers of three Antarctic penguins: Geographical and interspecific differences

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2412-2419

  Jerez, Silvia ^a   Motas, Miguel ^a   Palacios, María José ^b   Valera, Francisco ^b   Cuervo, José Javier ^b,c   Barbosa, Andrés ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Heavy metals; Penguin feathers; Pollution; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; LARGE-SCALE TRANSPORT; LOCAL SCALE; METAL LEVELS; PENGUIN FEATHERS;

CHROMIUM; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; FEATHER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; SPHENISCIDAE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DECEPTION ISLAND; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 80052319410     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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