Avian Feathers as Bioindicators of the Exposure to Heavy Metal Contamination of Food
The aim of this study was to determine the possibility of using feathers of blue tit nestlings to assess the level of endogenous accumulation of lead. For this purpose we conducted an experiment with lead application to randomly chosen nestlings from eight randomly drawn broods. Five days after the...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Springer US
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3745608/ |