Geographic variation in blood plasma protein concentrations of young herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and Caspian terns (Sterna caspia) from the Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-375

  Grasman, Keith A ^a   Armstrong, Michelle ^a   Hammersley, Dotty L ^a   Scanlon, Patrick F ^b   Fox, Glen A ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood proteins; Caspian terns; Fish eating birds; Great Lakes; Herring gulls; Organochlorines; PCBs; Plasma proteins

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; BETA GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PREALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CHICKEN; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNE STATUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BETA-GLOBULINS; BIRDS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GREAT LAKES REGION; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034058241     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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