Butyltins, trace metals and morphological variables in surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) wintering on the south coast of British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-124

  Elliott, J E ^a   Harris, M L ^b   Wilson, L K ^a   Smith, B D ^a   Batchelor, S P ^a   Maguire, J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Lorax Environmental   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition; Butyltins; Metals; Surf scoters

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BUTYLTINS; SURF SCOTERS;

BIOMARKERS; HISTOLOGY; IMPURITIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTYLTIN; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN; SELENIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMARKER; BODY CONDITION; BUTYLTIN; COASTAL ZONE; HISTOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; SELENIUM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER BIRD; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY BURDEN; BODY CONSTITUTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COPPER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LIVER; MERCURY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SEASONS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HOWE SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER; VICTORIA [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

AVES; MELANITTA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 34447579000     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.10.044     Document Type: Article

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