Teeth as biomonitors of selenium concentrations in tissues of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Kinghorn, April ^a   Humphries, Murray M ^a,b   Outridge, Peter ^c   Chan, Hing Man ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beluga; Mercury; Selenium; Teeth

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; SELENIUM; TISSUE;

BIOMONITORS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MARINE MAMMALS; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; TEETH;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); METABOLISM; POLLUTION EFFECT; SELENIUM; TOOTH; TOXICITY; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BELUGA WHALE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; DRY WEIGHT; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TISSUE LEVEL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BELUGA WHALE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOOTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 46549087525     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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