Biomonitoring of heavy metals in feathers of eleven common bird species in urban and rural environments of Tiruchirappalli, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Manjula, Menon ^a   Mohanraj, R ^a   Devi, M Prashanthi ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Bird feathers; Ecosystem health; Environmental pollution; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; HEAVY METALS; LEATHER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIOMONITORING; BIRD FEATHERS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EMISSION CONTROL MEASURES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION; INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES;

RURAL AREAS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC; POLLUTANT;

BIOMONITORING; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HEAVY METAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AGAPORNIS ROSEICOLLIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; CENTROPUS PHASIANINUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLUMBIA LIVIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORVUS SPLENDENS; DIETARY INTAKE; EGRETTA GARZETTA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUDYNAMYS SCOLOPACEUS; FEATHER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INDIA; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MILVUS MIGRANS; NONHUMAN; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PAVO CRISTATUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSITTACULA KRAMERI; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VARIANCE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUCHIRAPPALLI;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; CENTROPUS PHASIANINUS; EUDYNAMYS; MILVUS MIGRANS; PSITTACULA KRAMERI;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84928349372     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4502-x     Document Type: Article

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