Patterns of common loon (Gavia immer) mercury exposure, reproduction, and survival in Wisconsin, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-190

  Meyer, Michael W ^a   Evers, David C ^b   Hartigan, Jerry J ^c   Rasmussen, Paul S ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b BioDiversity Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Common loon; Mercury; Reproduction; Survival Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMMON LOON; MERCURY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031908357     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0184:POCLGI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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