Arsenic speciation in terrestrial birds from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada: The unexpected finding of arsenobetaine

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1468-1474

  Koch, Iris ^a   Mace, Jessica V ^a   Reimer, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenobetaine; Birds; Speciation; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE;

ARSENIC SPECIATION; BIRDS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS;

TOXICITY;

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE;

ARSENIC;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YELLOWKNIFE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDRAGAPUS CANADENSIS; DENDROICA CORONATA; JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSER MONTANUS; PERISOREUS CANADENSIS; PHASIANIDAE; PICEA; SPIZELLA ARBOREA;

EID: 18844405706     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-155R.1     Document Type: Article

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