Shifts in relative tissue δ15N values in snowy egret nestlings with dietary mercury exposure: A marker for increased protein degradation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4226-4233

  Shaw Allen, Patricia L ^a,c   Romanek, Christopher S ^a,b   Bryan Jr , A L ^b   Brant, Heather ^b   Jagoe, Charles H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROTEINS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ACID-SOLUBLE FRACTION (ASF); BIOMOLECULES; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; SNOWY EGRET NESTLINGS;

TISSUE;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITROGEN 15;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASS; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD WEB; LIVER; MEASUREMENT; METAL BINDING; NESTING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIVER; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOLUBILITY;

EGRETTA THULA;

EID: 20044394209     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0483950     Document Type: Article

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