Feather growth influences blood mercury level of young songbirds

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 395-401

  Condon, Anne M ^a,b   Cristol, Daniel A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Virginia Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Feather; Fledgling; Mercury; Molt

Indexed keywords

FEATHER; FLEDGLING; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATIONS; MERCURY LEVELS; MERCURY SEQUESTRATIONS; MOLT; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; VIRGINIA; VULNERABLE PERIODS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BLOOD;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEATHER; GROWTH RESPONSE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOLT; RIVER POLLUTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY GROWTH; FEATHER; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; MERCURY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 61349169040     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-094.1     Document Type: Article

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