Concentrations of cadmium, mercury and selenium in common eider ducks in the eastern Canadian arctic: Influence of reproductive stage

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 351-352, Issue , 2005, Pages 323-332

  Wayland, Mark ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^a   Neugebauer, Ewa ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic, trace metals; Biomonitoring; Cadmium; Canadian Arctic; Common eiders; Mercury; Sea ducks

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM;

BIOMONITORING; CANADIAN ARCTIC; COMMON EIDERS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; WADER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CADMIUM; CANADA; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 28444482829     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.03.033     Document Type: Article

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