Mercury accumulation and loss in mallard eggs

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 222-224

  Heinz, Gary H ^a   Hoffman, David J ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Loss; Mallard; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION;

ALBUMEN;

ECOLOGY;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; OVALBUMIN;

BIOACCUMULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG YOLK; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALLARD; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUCKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OVUM; PREGNANCY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347989529     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-111     Document Type: Article

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