Elevated mercury concentrations in failed eggs of Snowy Plovers at Point Reyes National Seashore

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1444-1447

  Schwarzbach, Steven E ^a   Stephenson, Mark ^b   Ruhlen, Tamiko ^c   Abbott, Sue ^c   Page, Gary W ^c   Adams, Dawn ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; OVALBUMIN;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HATCHING; MALE; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHARADRIIFORMES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; MORTALITY; OVUM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 27744556573     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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