Trace elements in faeces of great tit nestlings in relation to breeding performance in coastal areas in central Portugal

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 594-600

  Costa, R A ^a   Eeva, T ^b   Eira, C ^c,d   Vaqueiro, J ^a,c   Vingada, J V ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG PRODUCTION; FECES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; NESTLING; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RURAL AREA; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRD; BREEDING SUCCESS; CATERPILLAR; EGG LAYING; FECES LEVEL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PARUS MAJOR; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BREEDING; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FECES; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; PASSERIFORMES; PORTUGAL; ZINC;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84867579219     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9798-8     Document Type: Article

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