Compromised immune competence in free-living tree swallows exposed to mercury

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-503

  Hawley, Dana M ^a   Hallinger, Kelly K ^b   Cristol, Daniel A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune competence; Mercury; Songbird; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

BIOACCUMULATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEEDING; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SWALLOW (BIRD); SWELLING; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MERCURY; SWALLOWS; VIRGINIA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES; PASSERI; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650744885     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0307-4     Document Type: Article

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