Selenium and mercury concentrations in California gulls breeding on the great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-329

  Conover, Michael R ^a   Vest, Josh L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Salt Lake; Larus californicus; Mercury; Selenium; Teratogenesis

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CALIFORNIA; GREAT SALT LAKE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LARUS CALIFORNICUS; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE ABILITIES; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; STANDARD ERRORS; TERATOGENESIS; UTAH , USA;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; LIVER; MERCURY (METAL); MUTAGENESIS; SELENIUM;

CHLORIDE MINERALS;

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALINE LAKE; SEABIRD; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CHICK; EGG; LAKE; LARUS CALIFORNICUS]; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEA GULL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; UTAH;

GREAT SALT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

LARUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 61349171879     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-214.1     Document Type: Article

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