Mercury and other metals in feathers of common eider (Somateria mollissima) and tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) from the aleutian chain of alaska

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 596-606

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^a,c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEATHER; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METAL; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; FEATHER; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DUCKS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; METALS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AMCHITKA ISLAND; KISKA ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; LARIDAE; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 63249086051     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9207-5     Document Type: Article

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