Effects of cadmium, mercury, and selenium on reproductive indices in male lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) in the western boreal forest

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 730-739

  Pollock, B ^a,b   Machin, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CORTICOSTERONE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; TESTOSTERONE;

ANATOMY; BODY CONDITION; BOREAL FOREST; CADMIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SELENIUM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AYTHYA AFFINIS; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CANADA; CORTICOSTERONE; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TREES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA;

EID: 41849088026     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9066-5     Document Type: Article

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