Effects of mercury on wildlife: A comprehensive review

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-160

  Wolfe, Marti F ^a,c   Schwarzbach, Steven ^b   Sulaiman, Rini A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c Toxicology Task Force   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Methylmercury; Review; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; REVIEW PAPER; WILDLIFE;

BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MAMMAL; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0031908244     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0146:EOMOWA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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