Trace element concentrations and bioindicator responses in tree swallows from Northwestern Minnesota

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 247-266

  Custer, Christine M ^a   Custer, Thomas W ^a   Warburton, David ^b   Hoffman, David J ^c   Bickham, John W ^d   Matson, Cole W ^d  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge; Mercury; Minnesota; Tachycineta bicolor; Trace elements; Tree swallows

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR RESPONSES; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TREE SWALLOWS;

BIOMARKERS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HATCHING; LAND DRAINAGE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SWALLOW (BIRD); TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; DIET; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; LIVER; METALS; MINNESOTA; OVUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SWALLOWS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

AGASSIZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 33748205902     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-1499-1     Document Type: Article

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