The use of bird feathers for indicating heavy metal pollution
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
- Vol. 7 (3), 249-256
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00418017
Abstract
Feather material has been investigated as suitable indicating tissue for heavy metal pollution. At least three different routes are described through which trace metal content in the feathers can increase: internal deposition during growth, contamination by the bird's secretion and outside contamination.Keywords
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