Mercury residues and productivity in osprey and grebes from a mine-dominated ecosystem

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Anderson, Daniel W ^a   Suchanek, Thomas H ^a,b   Eagles Smith, Collin A ^a,b   Cahill Jr , Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aechmophorus sp.; California; Clark's Grebe; Clear Lake; Mercury; Mine site remediation; Osprey; Pandion haliaetus; Populations; Productivity; Residues; Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine; USA; Western Grebe

Indexed keywords

AECHMOPHORUS; AECHMOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS; INVERTEBRATA; PANDION HALIAETUS; PISCES; PODICIPEDIDAE;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DUCKS AND GEESE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MINING; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; MINING; RAPTORS; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67449089265     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1837.1     Document Type: Article

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