Mercury exposure and effects on cavity-nesting birds from the Carson River, Nevada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-136

  Custer, Christine M ^a   Custer, Thomas W ^a   Hill, Elwood F ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIRD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TROPHIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SWALLOW (BIRD); UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIVER; MERCURY; MINING; NEVADA; OVUM; SONGBIRDS; SWALLOWS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CARSON RIVER; DAYTON; EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 33845587733     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0103-6     Document Type: Article

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