Effects of moult, age, and sex on the accumulation of heavy metals in the otter (Lutra lutra) in Finland

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-284

  Hyvarinen H ^a   Tyni, P ^a   Nieminen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELIMINATION REACTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAIR ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MOLTING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OTTERS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; INVERTEBRATA; LUTRA; LUTRA LUTRA;

EID: 0347297162     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0188-1     Document Type: Article

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