Bioaccumulation patterns and temporal trends of mercury exposure in Wisconsin common loons

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 83-93

  Fevold, Brick M ^a   Meyer, Michael W ^b   Rasmussen, Paul W ^b   Temple, Stanley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Common loon; Gavia immer; Mercury; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; LAKE; LOON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; OVUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISCONSIN;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE;

EID: 0242584991     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022545130918     Document Type: Article

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