Metal tissue levels in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1416-1421

  Holmes, Amie L ^a   Wise, Sandra S ^a   Goertz, Caroline E C ^a,b   Dunn, J Lawrence ^c   Gulland, Frances M D ^d   Gelatt, Tom ^e   Beckmen, Kimberlee B ^f   Burek, Kathy ^g   Atkinson, Shannon ^b   Bozza, Mary ^b   Taylor, Robert ^h   Zheng, Tongzhang ⁱ   Zhang, Yawei ⁱ   Aboueissa, AbouEl Makarim ^a   Wise Sr , John Pierce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^c Mystic Aquarium ^*  (United States)

^d THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^g Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Arsenic; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Metals; Silver; Steller sea lion; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; ARSENIC; BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; LEAD; LIGHT METALS; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRECIOUS METALS; SILVER; TOXICITY; TRANSITION METALS; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

(8 HYDROXY QUINOLINE) ALUMINUM; BASELINE DATA; ELSEVIER (CO); EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; FUTURE WORK; MERCURY(III); METAL CONCENTRATIONS; STELLER SEA LIONS; TISSUE LEVELS;

METALS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; SILVER; VANADIUM;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); JUVENILE; METAL; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; METAL TISSUE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SEAL; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SEA LIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS;

EID: 48949115079     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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