Mercury Residues in Livers of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Found Dead or Dying in British Columbia, Canada (1987-1994)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 562-569

  Weech, S A ^a   Wilson, L K ^b   Langelier, K M ^c   Elliott, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Island Veterinary Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; DYING; EAGLE; ELECTROCUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SEASHORE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EAGLES; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142126782     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-0237-8     Document Type: Article

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