Methylmercury exposure associated with reduced productivity in common loons

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-91

  Burgess, Neil M ^a   Meyer, Michael W ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Common loon; Gavia immer; Mercury; Productivity; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PH; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LAKE; LOON; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CLIMATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WISCONSIN;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE;

EID: 38349142211     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0167-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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