Heavy metals and selenium in grebe feathers from Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in northern Minnesota

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-449

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Eichhorst, Bruce ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related; Cadmium; Feathers; Grebes; Lead; Mercury; Metals; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BIOINDICATOR; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; FEATHER; MARSH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; METALS, HEAVY; MINNESOTA; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

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

AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS; AVES; PODICEPS GRISEGENA; PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; PODICIPEDIDAE; PODILYMBUS PODICEPS;

EID: 34548309088     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0060-0     Document Type: Article

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