Mercury concentrations in muscle, brain and bone of Western Alaskan waterfowl

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 349, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 277-283

  Rothschild, Roger F N ^a   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bioaccumulation; Birds; Bone; Brain; Mercury; Muscle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; BRAIN; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MUSCLE; POLLUTION;

ALASKA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRDS; TOTAL MERCURY (THG);

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCKS AND GEESE; HYPOTHESIS; MERCURIALISM; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SPECIES COMPARISON; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY; MUSCLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANAS CLYPEATA; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; AYTHYA AFFINIS; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; MELANITTA NIGRA;

EID: 26444436909     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.05.021     Document Type: Article

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