Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) as monitors for mercury contamination of aquatic environments

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-220

  Golet, W J ^a   Haines, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Leetown Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental distribution; Mercury; Tissue distribution; Turtles

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; TISSUE; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

MERCURY;

BIOINDICATOR; LAKE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TURTLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY SIZE; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; LEG MUSCLE; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SHOULDER; TAIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0034789419     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011802117198     Document Type: Article

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