The Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus; Squamata: Varanidae) as a sentinel species for lead and cadmium contamination in sub-Saharan wetlands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4735-4745

  Ciliberti, Alexandre ^a,b   Berny, Philippe ^a,b   Delignette Muller, Marie Laure ^a,b,c   de Buffrénil, Vivian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Cadmium; Lead; Sentinel species; Squamata; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AFRICA; CADMIUM CONTAMINATION; CADMIUM LEVELS; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; MEDIAN VALUE; METAL CONTAMINATION; NIGER; POLLUTED SITES; REFERENCE SITES; SAMPLING SITE; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SENTINEL SPECIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SQUAMATA; SUB-SAHARAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BONE; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEAD; METALS; MUSCLE; POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; LEAD; LIZARD; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WETLAND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIZARD; MALE; MALI; MUSCLE; NIGER; NILE MONITOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; LEAD; LIZARDS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VISCERA; WETLANDS;

MALI; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 80053317571     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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