Metal concentrations in the eggs of endangered Florida scrub-jays from central Florida

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-388

  Burger, J ^a,b   Woolfenden, G E ^c   Gochfeld, M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; METAL; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLORIDA; FOOD CHAIN; METALS; OVUM;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES; HEXAPODA; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032848470     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900529     Document Type: Article

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