Influence of feeding ecology on blood mercury concentrations in four species of turtles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1733-1741

  Bergeron, Christine M ^a   Husak, Jerry F ^a   Unrine, Jason M ^b   Romanek, Christopher S ^b,c   Hopkins, William A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Selenium; Stable isotopes; Trophic position; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); TOXICITY;

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEBS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TROPHIC POSITION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN 15; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BLOOD; FEEDING ECOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOXICITY; TROPHIC STATUS; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDEMYS RUBRIVENTRIS; RIVER; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FRESH WATER; ISOTOPE LABELING; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; PSEUDEMYS RUBRIVENTRIS; REPTILIA; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34547930346     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-594R.1     Document Type: Article

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