Do estuaries pose a toxic contamination risk for wading birds?

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 906-917

  Smith, J T ^a   Walker, L A ^b   Shore, R F ^b   Le V Dit Durell, S E A ^c   Howe, P D ^b   Taylor, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Ecology and Hydrology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Dunlin; Estuaries; Lead; Mercury; Probabilistic modelling; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY TEST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WADER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ESTUARY; LC 50; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOREBIRD; UNITED KINGDOM; WADER;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT BRITAIN; LEAD POISONING; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRISTOL CHANNEL; DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; POOLE HARBOUR; SEVERN ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA;

EID: 69549130722     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0352-z     Document Type: Article

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