Metal and metallothionein concentrations in scoter (Melanitta spp.) from the Pacific Northwest of Canada, 1989-1994

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 486-491

  Barjaktarovic, L ^a   Elliott, J E ^a   Scheuhammer, A M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; MELANITTA; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 0036839713     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-002-1273-5     Document Type: Article

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