An examination of spatial variation in mercury concentrations in otter (Lutra canadensis) in south-central Ontario

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 239-245

  Evans, R D ^a   Addison, E M ^b   Villeneuve, J Y ^a   MacDonald, K S ^b   Joachim, D G ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Hair; Liver; Mercury; Otter; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MINK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; OTTERS;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA CANADENSIS; MUSTELA VISON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032503590     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00096-5     Document Type: Article

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