An association of mangrove mutation, scarlet ibis, and mercury contamination in Trinidad, West Indies

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Klekowski, E J ^a   Temple, S A ^b   Siung Chang, A M ^c   Kumarsingh, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Marine Affairs Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Mangrove; Mercury; Mutation; Scarlet ibis

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEATHER; MINING; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; TREE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; EUDOCIMUS RUBER; IBIS; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0033135653     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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