Trace element concentrations in blood of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the Wadden Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 392, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 313-323

  Griesel, Simone ^a   Kakuschke, Antje ^a   Siebert, Ursula ^b   Prange, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Harbor seals; ICP MS; Metals; North Sea; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAMMALS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEALS;

ELEMENTAL BLOOD LEVELS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; HARBOR SEALS; WADDEN SEA;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMINID; PINNIPED; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEAL;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; METALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOCA; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WADDEN SEA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 38649108812     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.062     Document Type: Article

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