Retrospective and current risks of mercury to panthers in the Florida everglades

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Barron, Mace G ^a,b   Duvall, Stephanie E ^a   Barron, Kyle J ^a  

^a PEAK Research Longmont   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Everglades; Mercury; Panther; Risk

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CANID; DIET; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; WETLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY WEIGHT; CONTAMINATION; CONVULSION; DEATH; DIET; HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACCOON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLORIDA; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543022098     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECTX.0000023567.42698.38     Document Type: Article

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