Concentrations of selected essential and non-essential elements in blood of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups of the German North Sea

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-36

  Kakuschke, Antje ^a   Griesel, Simone ^a   Fonfara, Sonja ^a   Rosenberger, Tanja ^b   Prange, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Seal Centre Friedrichskoog EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Elements; Harbor seal; Metals; North Sea; Pollution; Pups

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; TIN; ZINC; ELEMENT; METAL;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GERMANY;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ELEMENTS; GERMANY; IRON; METALS; NORTH SEA; SELENIUM;

EID: 64749102243     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8220-x     Document Type: Article

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