Mercury concentrations in wild mink (Mustela vison) and river otters (Lontra canadensis) collected from eastern and Atlantic Canada: Relationship to age and parasitism

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-366

  Klenavic, Katherine ^a   Champoux, Louise ^b   Mike, O'Brien ^c   Daoust, Pierre Y ^d   Evans, R Douglas ^a   Evans, Hayla E ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Dioctophyma renale; Mercury; Mink; Otter

Indexed keywords

AGE; DIOCTOPHYMA RENALE; MERCURY; MINK; OTTER;

LIVER;

MERCURY (METAL);

AGE; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSTELID; PARASITISM; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CANADA; CARNIVORA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MINK; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINK; OTTERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58149158097     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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