Vitamin A and contaminant concentrations in surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) wintering on the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 366-375

  Harris, M L ^a   Wilson, L K ^b   Trudeau, S F ^b   Elliott, J E ^b  

^a Lorax Environmental   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Contaminants; EROD; Retinol; Sea ducks; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; CADMIUM; COASTAL ZONES; HEALTH; IMPURITIES; PLASMA (HUMAN); RATS; TISSUE; VITAMINS; ZINC;

FORAGING LOCATIONS; LIVER; RETINOL; VITAMIN A;

BIRDS;

CADMIUM; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BOREAL FOREST; BREEDING; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POLLUTANT; VITAMIN; WATERFOWL; WINTER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCKS AND GEESE; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASONS; VITAMIN A;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HOWE SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

ANAS; AVES; MELANITTA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34247480595     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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