Mercury levels in mink (Mustela vison) and river otter (Lontra canadensis) from northeastern North America

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 263-274

  Yates, David E ^a,f   Mayack, David T ^b   Munney, Kenneth ^c   Evers, David C ^a   Major, Andrew ^c   Kaur, Taranjit ^d   Taylor, Robert J ^e  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Mercury; Methylmercury; Mink; Otter

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; RIVER WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSTELID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER; MALE; MINK; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; MINK; NORTH AMERICA; OTTERS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 16844380029     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-004-6273-y     Document Type: Article

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