Influence of age, sex and breeding status on mercury accumulation patterns in the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 181, Issue , 2013, Pages 315-320

  Tavares, S ^a   Xavier, J C ^b,c   Phillips, R A ^b   Pereira, M E ^d   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Pollution; Seabird; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRDS; BLOOD; CELLS; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BLOOD COMPONENT; MERCURY ACCUMULATION; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; SEABIRD; SOUTH GEORGIA; TOP PREDATOR; TOTAL MERCURIES; TRACE METAL;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY;

AGE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENDER; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; TRACE METAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CELL; BREEDING; CHICK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIOMEDEA EXULANS; FEATHER; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; SEABIRD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84884909719     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.06.032     Document Type: Article

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