Metal and metalloid concentrations in the eggs of threatened Florida scrub-jays in suburban habitat from south-central Florida

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 328, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 185-193

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Bowman, Reed ^c   Woolfenden, Glen E ^c   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Florida scrub jay; Lead; Mercury; Metalloids; Metals; Selenium; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; SELENIUM;

HUMAN DENSITY; LANDSCAPES;

METALLOIDS;

CADMIUM; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

BIOMONITORING; EGG; HEAVY METAL; PASSERINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EGG; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING; INSECT; NONHUMAN; OAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; METALS, HEAVY; OVUM; SONGBIRDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES; CORVIDAE; HEXAPODA; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS;

EID: 2942740965     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.01.030     Document Type: Article

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