Mercury and other contaminants in common loons breeding in Atlantic Canada

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 241-252

  Burgess, Neil M ^a   Evers, David C ^b   Kaplan, Joseph D ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common loon; Gavia immer; Mercury; PCB; Selenium

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CORTICOSTERONE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; MIREX; NONACHLOR; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETISM; BIRD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CANADA; FEATHER; GEOMETRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE;

EID: 16844371228     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-004-6271-0     Document Type: Article

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