Comparative tissue distribution of heavy metals in house sparrow (Passer domesticus, Aves) in polluted and reference sites in Turkey

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-462

  Albayrak, Tamer ^a   Mor, Firdevs ^a  

^a MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bioindicator species; House Sparrow; Passer domesticus; Tissue heavy metal levels; Yata an Thermal Power Plant

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR SPECIES; COBALT CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSE SPARROW; HOUSE SPARROWS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; POLLUTED AREA; POLLUTED SITES; POLLUTION LOADS; REFERENCE SITES; RESIDUE LEVEL; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOMARKERS; COBALT; HEAVY METALS; HOUSES; METALS; POWER PLANTS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

TISSUE;

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SPARROW; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SPARROWS; TURKEY;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 80054108791     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0364-2     Document Type: Article

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