Concentrations of metals and trace elements in blood of spectacled and king eiders in northern Alaska, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 408-414

  Wilson, Heather M ^a   Petersen, Margaret R ^a   Troy, Declan ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Troy Ecological Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Eiders; Lead; Mercury; Selenium; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BLOOD; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM; TOXICITY;

BREEDING SEASON; DUCKLINGS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

BLOOD; HEAVY METAL; TRACE METAL; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUCK; EIDER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METAL BINDING; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOMATERIA FISCHERI; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPRING; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; SEASONS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; SOMATERIA FISCHERI; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642579648     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-21     Document Type: Article

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