Biogenic and toxic elements in feathers, eggs, and excreta of Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua ellsworthii) in the Antarctic

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 571-585

  Metcheva, Roumiana ^a   Yurukova, Lilyana ^a   Teodorova, Svetla E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Eggs; Essential elements; Excreta; Feathers; Gentoo penguin; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC; EGGS; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; EXCRETA; FEATHERS; GENTOO PENGUIN;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; NOBELIUM; SODIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; STRONTIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; TOXIC MATERIAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEATHER; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FECES; FEMALE; METALS; OVUM; SPHENISCIDAE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTARCTICA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

PYGOSCELIS PAPUA ELLSWORTHII; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 80054719802     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1898-9     Document Type: Article

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