Element patterns in feathers of nestling black-crowned night-herons, Nycticorax nycticorax L., from four colonies in Delaware, Maryland, and Minnesota

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-151

  Custer, Thomas W ^a   Golden, Nancy H ^b   Rattner, Barnett A ^b  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black crowned night heron; Elements; Feathers; Metals

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MEDIA; DELAWARE; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; MINNESOTA (CO); POTENTIAL EXPOSURES; SPRINGER (CO); TRACE ELEMENT PATTERNS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; LOCATION; METALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PERSONNEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DELAWARE; ELEMENTS; FEATHERS; MARYLAND; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 46649086916     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9444-3     Document Type: Article

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