Food chain differences affect heavy metals in bird eggs in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

Environmental Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-39

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Biomonitoring; Birds; Ecological risk; Effects; Eggs; Fate; Food chain; Metals

Indexed keywords

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

BIRD; EGG; FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; ECOLOGY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BARNEGAT BAY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; LARUS; LARUS MARINUS; LIBELLULIDAE; RHYNCHOPS NIGER; RYNCHOPS NIGER; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0036747507     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2002.4381     Document Type: Article

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