Heavy metals and selenium grebe eggs from Agassiz National Wildlife refuge in nothern Minnesota

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 285-295

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Eichhorst, Bruce ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Eared grebe; Grebes; Heavy metals; Mercury; Pied billed grebe; Red necked grebe

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM; TIN;

EARED GREBE; GREBES; PIED BILLED GREBE; RED NECKED GREBE;

ECOLOGY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; HEAVY METAL; SELENIUM; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES REFUGE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MINNESOTA; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AGASSIZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; LARUS PIPIXCAN; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PODICEPS GRISEGENA; PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; PODICIPEDIDAE; PODILYMBUS PODICEPS;

EID: 24044501286     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-3110-6     Document Type: Article

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