Diamondback terrapins, Malaclemys terrapin, as a sentinel species for monitoring mercury pollution of estuarine systems in South Carolina and Georgia, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1441-1450

  Blanvillain, Gaëlle ^a   Schwenter, Jeffrey A ^a   Day, Rusty D ^b   Point, David ^b   Christopher, Steven J ^b   Roumillat, William A ^c   Owens, David W ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicator species; Diamondback terrapin; Estuaries; Mercury; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR SPECIES; DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN; METHYLMERCURY BIOMAGNIFICATION; REPTILES;

ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; MERCURY (METAL); OCEAN HABITATS;

BIODIVERSITY;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOINDICATOR; BLOOD; ESTUARY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING; REPTILE; SALTMARSH; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FEMALE; LITTORARIA IRRORATA; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT MARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; MALE; MERCURY; SOUTH CAROLINA; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASHLEY RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; BRAUNSCHWEIG; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GEORGIA; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; SOUTH ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EMYDIDAE; GASTROPODA; LITTORARIA IRRORATA; MALACLEMYS; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; REPTILIA; VINCA MAJOR;

EID: 34447506175     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-532R.1     Document Type: Article

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