Subchronic effects of methylmercury on plasma and organ biochemistries in great egret nestlings

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3078-3084

  Hoffman, David J ^a   Spalding, Marilyn G ^b   Frederick, Peter C ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicks; Great egret; Mercury; Oxidative stress; Subchronic

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL);

CHICKS; GREAT EGRET; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUBCHRONIC;

PLASMAS;

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID; METHYLMERCURY; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; THIOL; URIC ACID;

BIOCHEMISTRY; METHYLMERCURY; NESTLING; PLASMA; POLLUTION EFFECT; WADER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREAT EGRET; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; MERCURIALISM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARALYSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIRDS; BRAIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORUS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; AYTHYA; FLORIDA (BIRD);

EID: 28444462178     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-570.1     Document Type: Article

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