Accumulation of 20 elements in great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and its main prey, common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 244-251

  Skoric, Stefan ^a   Visnjić Jeftic, Zeljka ^a   Jaric, Ivan ^a   Djikanovic, Vesna ^b   Mickovic, Branislav ^a   Nikcevic, Miroslav ^a   Lenhardt, Mirjana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Cormorants; Cyprinids; Heavy metal; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDIC ACID; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILICON; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEABIRD; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE LEVEL; CARASSIUS GIBELIO; CARP; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEATHER; INTESTINE; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PREDATOR; PREY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARPS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; GILLS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; SERBIA; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARASSIUS GIBELIO; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 84860516558     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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