Influence of landscape composition and diversity on contaminant flux in terrestrial food webs: A case study of trace metal transfer to European blackbirds Turdus merula

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 432, Issue , 2012, Pages 275-287

  Fritsch, Clémentine ^a,c   Coeurdassier, Michaël ^a   Faivre, Bruno ^b   Baurand, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a   van den Brink, Nico W ^c   Scheifler, Renaud ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avian toxicology; Landscape ecotoxicology; Non invasive sampling; Spatial heterogeneity; Toxic chemicals; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AVIAN TOXICOLOGY; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; TOXIC CHEMICALS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; METALS; NUTRITION; POLLUTION DETECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTING; TISSUE;

CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; LEAD; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD WEB; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRACE METAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CASE STUDY; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEATHER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TISSUE LEVEL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; TURDUS MERULA;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FRANCE; INSECTS; LEAD; MALE; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SONGBIRDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; HEXAPODA; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862751292     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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