Mercury patterns in wood duck eggs from a contaminated reservoir in South Carolina, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1793-1800

  Kennamer, Robert A ^a   Stout, Jason R ^b   Jackson, Brian P ^a   Colwell, Sheila V ^c   Brisbin Jr , I Lehr ^a   Burger, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aix sponsa; Egg laying sequence; Mercury; Savannah River Site

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BIOMONITORING; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE POPULATION; WOOD DUCK EGGS;

WOOD;

MERCURY; OVALBUMIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; MERCURY (ELEMENT); WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DUCK; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; MERCURIALISM; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MERCURY; SOUTH CAROLINA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIODIVERSITY; EGGS; MERCURY; POLLUTION; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AIX; AIX SPONSA; AVES;

EID: 21444455094     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-661.1     Document Type: Article

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