Assessing trace-metal exposure to American dippers in mountain streams of southwestern British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 836-845

  Morrissey, Christy A ^a   Bendell Young, Leah I ^a   Elliott, John E ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American dipper; Ecological risk assessment; Feathers; Feces; Metals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISHERIES; HAZARDS; STREAM FLOW; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATERSHEDS;

AMERICAN DIPPERS; BIOMONITORS; FISH MIGRANTS; MOUNTAIN STREAMS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STREAM; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CINCLUS MEXICANUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; FECES; FISH; FOWL; INVERTEBRATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STREAM (RIVER);

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FECES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CINCLIDAE; CINCLUS MEXICANUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 15544365350     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-110R.1     Document Type: Article

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