Selenium impacts on razorback sucker, Colorado River, Colorado: I. Adults

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-31

  Hamilton, Steven J ^a   Holley, Kathy M ^b   Buhl, Kevin J ^a   Bullard, Fern A ^a   Weston, L Ken ^c   McDonald, Susan F ^a  

^a Yankton Field Research Station   (United States)

^b U S Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Colorado river; Endangered fish; Razorback sucker; Selenium; Trace element

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CYPRINID; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEEDING; FORAGE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POND; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE;

COLORADO; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS;

EID: 16344377695     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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