Metal levels in blood, muscle and liver of water snakes (Nerodia spp.) from New Jersey, Tennessee and South Carolina

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 556-563

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Campbell, Kym Rouse ^b,c   Murray, Stephanie ^a,b   Campbell, Todd S ^b,d   Gaines, Karen F ^b,e,f   Jeitner, Christian ^a,b   Shukla, Tara ^b,g   Burke, Sean ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Biological Research Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Geographical differences; Heavy metals; Snakes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MANGANESE; STATISTICAL TESTS; TISSUE;

FOOD CHAIN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; REPTILES; SNAKES;

BIOMARKERS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; RIVER WATER; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEAVY METAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUSCLE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER POLLUTION; SNAKE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NERODIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SNAKE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; NEW JERSEY; SELENIUM; SOUTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

NERODIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33846696373     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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