Mercury occurrence in prothonotary warblers (Protonotaria citrea) inhabiting a national priorities list site and reference areas in Southern Alabama

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-271

  Adair, Blakely M ^a   Reynolds, Kevin D ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^a   Cobb, George P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NESTLING; PASSERINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HABITAT QUALITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MERCURIALISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; WILDLIFE;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FOOD CHAIN; KIDNEY; MERCURY; PLANTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SONGBIRDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PROTONOTARIA; PROTONOTARIA CITREA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037309079     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-002-2027-0     Document Type: Article

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