Year-to-year correlations in blood metal levels among individuals of two species of North American sea ducks

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-337

  Wayland, M ^a   Alisauskas, R T ^a,b   Kellett, D ^a   Traylor, J ^b   Swoboda, C ^b   Neugebauer, E ^a   Mehl, K ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lead; Metals; Sea duck; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CADMIUM; LEAD; SELENIUM;

ELEVATED METAL LEVELS; SEA DUCK;

BLOOD;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BLOOD; METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; NORTH AMERICA; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; AVES; MELANITTA FUSCA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 36549069205     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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