Concentrations of selected essential and non-essential elements in arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) and wolverines (Gulo gulo) from the Canadian Arctic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 309, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Hoekstra, P F ^a,b   Braune, B M ^b   Elkin, B ^c   Armstrong, F A J ^d   Muir, D C G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Wildlife and Fisheries Division ^*  (Canada)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Elements; Heavy metals; Mercury; Selenium; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DETOXIFICATION; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; TISSUE;

MOLAR RATIOS;

TISSUE CULTURE;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CANID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FOX; GULO GULO; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; WOLF;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; GULO GULO; LAGOPUS; MUSTELINAE; VULPES;

EID: 0037603077     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00684-8     Document Type: Article

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