Mercury and drought along the lower Carson River, Nevada: I. Snowy egret and black-crowned night-heron annual exposure to mercury, 1997-2006

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-280

  Henny, C J ^a   Hill, E F ^b   Grove, R A ^a   Kaiser, J L ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black crowned night heron; Carson River, Nevada; Lahontan Reservoir; Methyl mercury; Mining, Snowy egret; Total mercury; Water discharge

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DROUGHT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; EXPOSURE; FLOOD TIDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEVADA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZYGOTE;

CARSON RIVER; LAHONTAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; EGRETTA THULA; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 34250870161     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0163-7     Document Type: Article

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