Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in Steller's eiders (Polysticta stelleri) and harlequin ducks (Histronicus histronicus) in the Eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2694-2703

  Miles, A Keith ^a   Flint, Paul L ^b   Trust, Kimberley A ^c   Ricca, Mark A ^a   Spring, Sarah E ^a   Arrieta, Daniel E ^a   Hollmen, Tuula ^d   Wilson, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

7 Ethoxyresorufin O deethylase; Alaska; Hydrocarbons; Seaducks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ENZYMES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BLUE MUSSELS; CONTAMINATED SITES; HARLEQUIN DUCKS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PORT; SEABIRD; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOWL; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIVER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; DUTCH HARBOR; FOX ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; POPOF ISLAND; SHUMAGIN ISLANDS; UNALASKA ISLAND; UNGA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HISTRIONICUS; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; POLYSTICTA STELLERI;

EID: 37049037978     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-259.1     Document Type: Article

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