Mercury and selenium in blood and epidermis of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from sarasota bay, FL: Interaction and relevance to life history and hematologic parameters

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-370

  Woshner, Victoria ^a   Knott, Katrina ^b   Wells, Randall ^c   Willetto, Carla ^d   Swor, Rhonda ^b   O'Hara, Todd ^b  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d VETS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Glutathione peroxidase; Hematology; Mercury; Selenium; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASON; SUMMER; WINTER; AGE; ANIMAL; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MERCURY; SEASONS; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 64049106757     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0164-2     Document Type: Article

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