Trace element analysis in the serum and hair of Antarctic leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, and Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 399, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 202-215

  Gray, Rachael ^a,b   Canfield, Paul ^a   Rogers, Tracey ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Hair; Leopard seal; Serum; Trace elements; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LEOPARD SEALS; SERUM; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; WEDDELL SEALS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHROMIUM; HAIR; PINNIPED; SERUM; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZINC;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEALS, EARLESS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 44649166921     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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