Effects of mercury on health and first-year survival of free-ranging great egrets (Ardea albus) from southern Florida

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-376

  Sepulveda M S ^a,b   Williams Jr , G E ^a,c   Frederick, P C ^a   Spalding, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; SURVIVAL; WADER;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEALTH; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLORIDA; MERCURY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARDEA; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA ALBUS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CASMERODIUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0032843896     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900527     Document Type: Article

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