Mercury exposure in a large subantarctic avian community

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-57

  Carravieri, Alice ^a   Cherel, Yves ^a   Blévin, Pierre ^a   Brault Favrou, Maud ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a   Bustamante, Paco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Kerguelen; Procellariiformes; Seabirds; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL);

FEEDING ECOLOGY; KERGUELEN; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SEABIRDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ECOLOGY;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT USE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

ADULT; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHICK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; INDIAN OCEAN; NONHUMAN; SEABIRD; SPECIES COMPARISON;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FEEDING ECOLOGY; KERGUELEN; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SEABIRDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MERCURY;

EID: 84898469294     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.03.017     Document Type: Article

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