Biomarker responses in nesting, common eiders in the Canadian arctic in relation to tissue cadmium, mercury and selenium concentrations

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 225-237

  Wayland, Mark ^a   Smits, Judit E G ^b   Gilchrist, H Grant ^a   Marchant, Tracy ^b   Keating, Jonathan ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biomarkers; Common eiders; Ducks; Metals

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CORTICOSTERONE; FAT; GLYCOGEN; MERCURY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ P; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; SELENIUM;

BIOMARKER; CADMIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NESTING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SELENIUM; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CANADA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DUCK; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HEART; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; CORTICOSTERONE; DUCKS; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0242584987     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022506927708     Document Type: Article

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