Corticosterone in relation to tissue cadmium, mercury and selenium concentrations and social status of male lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-14

  Pollock, Brady ^a,b   MacHin, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Ducks; Lesser scaup; Metals; Stress

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; THYROXINE;

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HORMONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; SECRETION; SELENIUM; SOCIAL STATUS; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA; BIOLOGY; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DRY WEIGHT; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; CORTICOSTERONE; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLUCOSE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELENIUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THYROXINE;

ANAS; AVES; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA;

EID: 58149252130     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-008-0250-9     Document Type: Article

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