Selenium bioaccumulation and body condition in shorebirds and terns breeding in San Francisco Bay, California, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2134-2141

  Ackerman, Joshua T ^a   Eagles Smith, Collin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bird; Body condition; San Francisco Bay; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FORSTER; GEOMETRIC MEAN; MULTIPLE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE STAGE; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY , CALIFORNIA; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; STANDARD ERRORS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; SELENIUM;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY CONDITION; SEABIRD; SELENIUM; WADER;

AMERICAN AVOCET; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLACK NECKED STILT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CASPIAN TERN; CHICK; FORSTERS TERN; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOREBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAN FRANCISCO; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS; HYDROPROGNE CASPIA; LARIDAE; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA; STERNA CASPIA; STERNA FORSTERI;

EID: 70449913600     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/09-101.1     Document Type: Article

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