Contaminants in molting long-tailed ducks and nesting common eiders in the Beaufort Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 504-513

  Franson, J C ^a   Hollmen T E ^a,d   Flint, P L ^b   Grand, J B ^c   Lanctot, R B ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Common eider; Eggs; Long tailed duck; Persistent organic pollutants; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; CORRELATION METHODS; ENZYMES; IMPURITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; CALCIUM; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MAGNESIUM; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUCK; EGG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MOLTING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; CLANGULA HYEMALIS; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 1242294437     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.027     Document Type: Article

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