声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Contents
CHAPTER Ⅰ：Introduction
CHAPTER Ⅱ：Background，Objectives and Hypotheses
2．1 Background
2．1．1 Birds as indicators for pollution monitoring
2．1．2 Heavy metals
2．1．3 Properties and effeets of different heavy metals
2．2 Objectives and Hypotheses
2．3 Experimental Design Process
CHAPTER Ⅲ：Sampling and Analysis
3．1．Study Sites
3．2 Sampling and Preparation Samples for Analysis
3．2．1 Sampling sites selection
3．2．2 Experimental apparatus and chemical reagents
3．2．3 Soil
3．2．4 Rice
3．2．5 Bird feathers
3．3．Measuring the Concentration in Machines
3．3．1 Machines
3．3．2Chemical reagents
3．3．3 Mixed soil samples
3．3．4 Rice samples
3．3．5 Bird feather samples
3．3．6 Quality Control and Data Processing
CHAPTER Ⅳ：Level of Heavy Metals in Different Feeding Guilds
4．1 Statistics
4．2 Results
4．3 Discussion
CHAPTER Ⅴ：Level of Heavy Metals in Different Rivers
5．1．2 Results
5．2 Metal Concentrations at Different Hydrological Positions along the Rivers Considered Together
5．2．2 Results
5．3 Metal Concentrations at Different Hydrological Positions along the Rivers with each River Analyzed Separately
5．3．2 Results
5．4 Discussion
CHAPTER Ⅵ：Correlations Between Different Metals and Sample Types
6．1 Correlations Between Different Metals
6．1．1 Statistics
6．1．2 Results
6．2 Correlations Between Different Trophic Levels and Types of Sample
6．2．1 Statistics
6．2．2 Results
6．3 Discussion
CHAPTER Ⅶ：Conclusions
References
Appendices
Acknowledgements
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