Total mercury and methylmercury residues in river otters (Lutra canadensis) from Wisconsin

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 546-554

  Strom, Sean M ^a  

^a Box 7921 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUSCLE; MUSTELID; TOXICITY; TRAPPING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; KIDNEY; LIVER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OTTERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WISCONSIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

LUTRA CANADENSIS; MUSTELA;

EID: 40549137731     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9053-x     Document Type: Article

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