Cliff swallows Petrochelidon pyrrhonota as bioindicators of environmental mercury, Cache Creek Watershed, California

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Hothem, Roger L ^a   Trejo, Bonnie S ^a   Bauer, Marissa L ^a   Crayon, John J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CALCIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; FROG; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SONGBIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIRD; BULLFROG; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; EMBRYO; FROG; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA BOYLII; SWALLOW (BIRD); TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RANIDAE; RIVERS; SWALLOWS; WATER SUPPLY; ZYGOTE;

CACHE CREEK; CALIFORNIA; COLUSA COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YOLO COUNTY;

HIRUNDINIDAE; PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA; RANA BOYLII; RANA CATESBEIANA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 43749093027     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9082-5     Document Type: Article

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