Non-linear uptake and hormesis effects of selenium in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 389, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 350-366

  Harding, Lee E ^a  

^a SciWrite Environmental Sciences Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coal mines; Egg; Glutathione peroxidase; Liver; Prey; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ENZYMES; HYPOTHERMIA; RAIN;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; HORMESIS EFFECTS; LIVER; NESTLINGS; STARVATION;

SELENIUM;

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COAL MINE; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; DRY WEIGHT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HATCHERY; HORMESIS; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATION TIME; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STARVATION; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LIVER; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36048960119     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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