Noninvasive heavy metal pollution assessment by means of Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) hair from Galicia (NW Spain): A comparison with invasive samples

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10421-10430

  Hernández Moreno, David ^a   De La Casa Resino, Irene ^a   Fidalgo, Luis E ^b   Llaneza, Luis ^c   Soler Rodríguez, Francisco ^a   Pérez López, Marcos ^a   López Beceiro, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Spain)

^c ARENA Asesores en Recursos Naturales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hair; Heavy metals; Kidney; Liver; Wolf

Indexed keywords

HAIR; HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; KIDNEY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; WOLF;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; LIVER; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; CANID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HAIR; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANIS LUPUS SIGNATUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; WOLF; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SPAIN; WOLVES;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84890120254     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3341-x     Document Type: Article

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