Roe Deer Antlers as Historical Bioindicators of Lead Pollution in the Vicinity of a Lead Smelter, Slovenia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Pokorny, B ^a   Jelenko, I ^a   Kierdorf, U ^b   Kierdorf, H ^b  

^a ERICo Velenje   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antlers; Bioindication; Lead; Lead smelter; Pollution; Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus); Slovenia

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; LEAD; LEAD SMELTING;

ANTLERS; BIOINDICATION; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; LEAD SMELTERS; SLOVENIA;

POLLUTION;

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; ROE DEER; SLOVENIA;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS;

EID: 85014469127     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0014-z     Document Type: Article

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