Temporal trends in metal pollution: Using bird excrement as indicator

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Berglund, Åsa M M ^a,b   Rainio, Miia J ^a   Eeva, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; HEAVY METAL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIRD; FECES ANALYSIS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; FINLAND; FLYCATCHER; METAL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; POLLUTION MONITORING; SMELTER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PARUS MAJOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FINLAND; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922985910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117071     Document Type: Article

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