Effects of lead-contaminated sediment and nutrition on mallard duckling brain growth and biochemistry

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-222

  Douglas Stroebel, E ^a   Hoffman, D J ^b,d   Brewer, G L ^a   Sileo, L ^c  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Brain growth; Lead contaminated sediment; Mallard duckling; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BRAIN; NUTRITION; PROTEINS; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SEDIMENTS;

CONTROL DIETS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HISTOPATHOLGICAL LESIONS; LEAD-CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BRAIN PROTEIN; CALCIUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; LEAD; LEAD ACETATE;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD; SEDIMENT; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUCK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEDIMENT;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIET; DUCKS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD POISONING; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COEUR D'ALENE RIVER; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042543747     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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