Metals and trace elements in giant garter snakes (Thamnophis gigas) from the Sacramento Valley, California, USA

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 577-587

  Wylie, Glenn D ^a   Hothem, Roger L ^a   Bergen, Darrin R ^a   Martin, Lisa L ^a   Taylor, Robert J ^b   Brussee, Brianne E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM; MERCURY; METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; METAL; SNAKE; TRACE ELEMENT; VALLEY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THAMNOPHIS GIGAS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COLUBRIDAE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CALIFORNIA; COLUSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS GIGAS;

EID: 63249099628     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9265-8     Document Type: Article

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