Seabird feathers as monitors of the levels and persistence of heavy metal pollution after the Prestige oil spill

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2454-2460

  Moreno, Rocío ^a   Jover, Lluís ^a   Diez, Carmen ^b   Sanpera, Carola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Larus michahellis; Long term effects; Oil spill; Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; OIL POLLUTION; PB CONCENTRATION; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; PRESTIGE OIL SPILL; TEMPORAL PATTERN; YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS;

CHROMIUM; LEAD; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEATHER; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; FOOD CHAIN; METALS, HEAVY; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

LARUS MICHAHELLIS; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 80052322878     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.033     Document Type: Article

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