Metal levels in eggs of common terns (Sterna hirundo) in New Jersey: Temporal trends from 1971 to 2002

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 336-343

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atlantic coast; Bioindicator; Biomonitoring; Cadmium; Chromium; Lead; Manganese; Mercury; Metals; Seabirds; Selenium; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EUROPE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METALS, HEAVY; NEW JERSEY; OVUM;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 1542381352     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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