Relationships among mercury, selenium, and neurochemical parameters in common loons (Gavia immer) and bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-101

  Scheuhammer, A M ^a   Basu, N ^a   Burgess, N M ^a   Elliott, J E ^a   Campbell, G D ^b   Wayland, M ^a   Champoux, L ^a   Rodrigue, J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eagle; Loon; Mercury; Methylmercury; Neurochemistry; Selenium

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CHOLINESTERASE; MERCURY; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SELENIUM;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIRD; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMETHYLATION; EAGLE; GAVIA IMMER; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIRDS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASES; DEALKYLATION; EAGLES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LIVER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; GAVIA IMMER; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 38349085243     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0170-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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