Total and methyl mercury concentrations in seabird feathers and eggs

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-291

  Bond, Alexander L ^a,b   Diamond, Antony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BREEDING SEASON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEATHER; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY; MOLT; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; EGG; EGG PRODUCTION; FEATHER; LIVER; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SPECIES; THEORY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OVUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HYDROBATINAE;

EID: 58149459992     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9185-7     Document Type: Article

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