Avian feathers as a non-destructive bio-monitoring tool of trace metals signatures: A case study from severely contaminated areas

Chemosphere

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 553-561

  Abdullah, Muhammad ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^b   Muhammad, Ashiq ^c   Malik, Salman Ahmad ^a   Bostan, Nazish ^d   Bokhari, Habib ^d   Kamran, Muhammad Aqeel ^a   Shafqat, Mustafa Nawaz ^d   Alamdar, Ambreen ^e   Khan, Mudassar ^a   Ali, Nadeem ^f   Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah ^d  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^d Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cattle egret; Eggs; Feathers; Pakistan; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION;

CATTLE EGRET; EGGS; FEATHERS; PAKISTAN; TRACE METAL;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CATTLE; CONTAMINATED LAND; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEATHER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BUBULCUS IBIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHER; FORAGING; HABITAT; HEAVY METAL POISONING; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEDIMENT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES;

LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SIALKOT;

AVES; BUBULCUS; BUBULCUS IBIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84919769739     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.068     Document Type: Article

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