Dynamics of mercury in blood and feathers of great skuas

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1638-1643

  Bearhop, Stuart ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Blood; Feather; Mercury; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; FEATHER; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS;

CATHARACTA SKUA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 0034038631     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190622     Document Type: Article

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