Mercury in bald eagle nestlings from South Carolina, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 706-712

  Jagoe, Charles H ^a   Bryan Jr , A Lawrence ^a   Brant, Heather A ^a   Murphy, Thomas M ^b   Brisbin Jr , I Lehr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald eagle; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Mercury; Nestlings

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0038005509     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.706     Document Type: Article

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