Selenium and metal concentrations in waterbird eggs and chicks at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Custer, Thomas W ^a   Custer, Christine M ^a   Eichhorst, Bruce A ^b   Warburton, David ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird eggs; Bird livers; Cadmium; Chromium; Feathers; Mercury; Metals; Selenium; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; EGG; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEATHER; LIVER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; LIVER; METALS; MINNESOTA; SELENIUM; ZYGOTE;

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

AVES; LARUS PIPIXCAN; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; PODILYMBUS PODICEPS;

EID: 34249825484     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0139-7     Document Type: Article

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