Tissue heavy metal concentrations of stranded California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in Southern California

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 677-682

  Harper, Erin R ^a   St Leger, Judy A ^a   Westberg, Jody A ^a   Mazzaro, Lisa ^b   Schmitt, Todd ^a   Reidarson, Tom H ^a   Tucker, Melinda ^a   Cross, Dee H ^a   Puschner, Birgit ^c  

^a SeaWorld San Diego   (United States)

^b Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California sea lion; Contaminants; Heavy metals; Stranded animals; Zalophus californianus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

CALIFORNIA SEA LION; STRANDED ANIMALS; TRAUMATIC MORTALITY; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

MAMMALS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; DOMOIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PINNIPED; STRANDING; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SEAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALIFORNIA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; IRON; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MOLYBDENUM; SEA LIONS; SEX FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 34247895552     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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