Laser ablation ICP-MS profiling and semiquantitative determination of trace element concentrations in desert tortoise shells: Documenting the uptake of elemental toxicants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 253-265

  Seltzer, Michael D ^a   Berry, Kristin H ^b  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Desert tortoise; ICP MS; Laser ablation; Trace elements; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHRONOLOGY; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL TOXICANTS; MORBIDITY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; KERATIN; LEAD; MANGANESE; SULFUR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT; VALINE; ZINC;

ABLATION; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DESERT; DOCUMENTATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; LASER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; KERATINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURTLES; ZINC;

EID: 14644425213     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.027     Document Type: Article

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