Contamination by trace metals and their trophic transfer to the biota in a Mediterranean coastal system affected by gull guano

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 479, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-24

  Signa, Geraldina ^a   Tramati, Cecilia Doriana ^a   Vizzini, Salvatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allochthonous input; Biomagnification; Contaminants; Mediterranean lagoon; Seabird; Stable isotope; Yellow legged gull

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIFF; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; FOOD CHAIN; LAGOON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VULNERABILITY;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

AVES; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 84875974344     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10210     Document Type: Article

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