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Chemistry and Ecology Volume 27, 2011 - Issue sup2: AQUATIC ECOTOXICOLOGY: RESEARCH, METHODOLOGIES AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH AQUATIC ECOTOXICOLOGYWORKSHOP, LIVORNO, ITALY, OCTOBER 20–22, 2010
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Flamingo feathers to monitor metal contamination of coastal wetlands: methods and initial results concerning the presence of mercury at six Mediterranean sites

Fabrizio Borghesi ISPRA, Ozzano Emilia, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alessandro Andreotti ISPRA, Ozzano Emilia, Italy
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Nicola Baccetti ISPRA, Ozzano Emilia, Italy
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Nicola Bianchi Dipartimento di Scienze ambientali, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy
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Manfred Birke Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany
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Francesca Migani Cesenatico, Italy
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Enrico Dinelli CIRSA, Università di Bologna, Ravenna, Italy
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Pages 137-151 | Received 31 Jan 2011, Accepted 16 Sep 2011, Published online: 01 Nov 2011

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R.A. Costa, T. Eeva, C. Eira, J. Vaqueiro, P. Medina & J.V. Vingada. (2014) Great tits breeding performance and mercury contamination from the paper and pulp industry in the west coast of Portugal. Chemistry and Ecology 30:3, pages 206-215.
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Mark A.F. Gillingham, Fabrizio Borghesi, B. Karina Montero, Francesca Migani, Arnaud Béchet, Manuel Rendón-Martos, Juan A. Amat, Enrico Dinelli & Simone Sommer. (2021) Bioaccumulation of trace elements affects chick body condition and gut microbiome in greater flamingos. Science of The Total Environment 761, pages 143250.
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Fabrizio Borghesi, Enrico Dinelli, Francesca Migani, Arnaud Béchet, Manuel Rendón‐Martos, Juan A. Amat, Simone Sommer & Mark A. F. Gillingham. (2016) Assessing environmental pollution in birds: a new methodological approach for interpreting bioaccumulation of trace elements in feather shafts using geochemical sediment data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8:1, pages 96-108.
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Fabrizio Borghesi, Francesca Migani & Enrico Dinelli. (2016) Geochemical characterization of surface sediments from the northern Adriatic wetlands around the Po River delta. Part II: aqua regia results. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 169, pages 13-29.
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Fabrizio Borghesi, Francesca Migani, Alessandro Andreotti, Nicola Baccetti, Nicola Bianchi, Manfred Birke & Enrico Dinelli. (2016) Metals and trace elements in feathers: A geochemical approach to avoid misinterpretation of analytical responses. Science of The Total Environment 544, pages 476-494.
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Iratxe Rubio, Maite Martinez-Madrid, Leire Méndez-Fernández, Aitor Galarza & Pilar Rodriguez. (2015) Heavy metal concentration in feathers of Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) nestlings in three coastal breeding colonies in Spain. Ecotoxicology 25:1, pages 30-40.
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