Trace element and metallothionein concentrations in seabirds from the Canadian arctic

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 645-651

  Braune, Birgit M ^a   Scheuhammer, Anton M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Metallothionein; Seabirds; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; MERCURY (METAL);

CANADIAN ARCTIC; METALLOTHIONEIN CONCENTRATIONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; LEAD; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; SEABIRD; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BLACK GUILLEMOT; BLACK LEGGED KITTIWAKE; BREEDING; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLAUCOUS GULL; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN FULMAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; THICK BILLED MURRES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; HUDSON STRAIT; IVUJIVIK; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; PRINCE LEOPOLD ISLAND; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CEPPHUS GRYLLE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 40949090138     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-269.1     Document Type: Article

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