Spatial and temporal patterns in metal levels in eggs of common terns (Sterna hirundo) in New Jersey

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 311, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 91-100

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atlantic coast; Bioindicator; Cadmium; Chromium; Lead; Manganese; Mercury; Metals; Seabirds; Selenium

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION;

SEABIRDS;

CONTAMINATION;

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

BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WADER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MERCURIALISM; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEABIRD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

BARNEGAT BAY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0038461885     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00135-9     Document Type: Article

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