A historical record of mercury contamination in southern Florida (USA) as inferred from avian feather tissue

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1474-1478

  Frederick, Peter C ^a   Hylton, Becky ^a   Heath, Julie A ^b   Spalding, Marilyn G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhinga; Contamination; Everglades; Mercury; Wading bird

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEPOSITION; MERCURY (METAL); MUSEUMS; TISSUE;

LOCAL SOURCE DEPOSITION; MERCURY CONTAMINATION;

CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY;

AVIFAUNA; BIOINDICATOR; FEATHER; HISTORICAL RECORD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTAMINATION; FEATHER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFORMATION CENTER; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEATHERS; FLORIDA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSEUMS; REPRODUCTION;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANHINGA; ANHINGA ANHINGA; ANHINGIDAE; ANIMALIA; ARDEA; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CASMERODIUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CICONIIFORMES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS;

EID: 31244437031     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-403     Document Type: Article

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