Arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, and selenium in migrating blue-winged teal (Anas discors L.)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 662-666

  Fedynich, A M ^a   Ballard, B M ^a   McBride, T J ^b   Estrella, J A ^a   Garvon, J M ^a   Hooper, M J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; LEAD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SELENIUM; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAS DISCORS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCKS AND GEESE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIRDS; CADMIUM; COPPER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; SEASONS; SELENIUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANAS DISCORS; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 35348823902     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0119-y     Document Type: Article

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