Eiders (Somateria mollissima) obtain nodularin, a cyanobacterial hepatotoxin, in Baltic Sea food web

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1256-1260

  Sipiä, Vesa O ^a   Karlsson, Krister M ^b   Meriluoto, Jussi A O ^b   Kankaanpää, Harri T ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Common eider; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Nodularia

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENZYMES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EIDERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA); MUSSELS;

TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; NODULARIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; SEABIRD; TOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; COMMON EIDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DUCK; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD WEB; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSSEL; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHORDATA; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FINLAND; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 2442540332     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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