Accumulation of mercury and selenium in the brain of river otters (Lontra canadensis) and wild mink (Mustela vison) from Nova Scotia, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-542

  Haines, Kevin J R ^a   Evans, R Douglas ^a   O'Brien, Michael ^b   Evans, Hayla E ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mercury; Methyl mercury; Mink; Nova Scotia; Otter; Selenium

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LONTRA CANADENSIS; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; METHYL MERCURY; MOLAR RATIO; NOVA SCOTIA; RANDOM SAMPLING; RIVER OTTER; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILD MINK;

ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SAMPLING; SELENIUM;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MUSTELID; SAMPLING; SELENIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; CANADA; CARCASS; CARNIVORA; INTOXICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; MINK; NOVA SCOTIA; OTTERS; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ANIMALIA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 70549109101     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.055     Document Type: Article

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