Effects of methylmercury and spatial complexity on foraging behavior and foraging efficiency in juvenile white ibises (Eudocimus albus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1708-1712

  Adams, Evan M ^a   Frederick, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Foraging; Methylmercury; White ibis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; FISH; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BEHAVIOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; EXPOSURE GROUPS; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIORS; FUTURE RESEARCH; HABITAT COMPLEXITY; METHYLMERCURY; MULTIPLE LEVELS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POPULATION LEVELS; RATE OF INCREASE; SPATIAL COMPLEXITY; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; WHITE IBIS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

METHYLMERCURY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; JUVENILE; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXIN; WADER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; FEEDING; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; JUVENILE; LEARNING; METHYLMERCURY TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POND; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 48949097910     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-466.1     Document Type: Article

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