Inter- and intraclutch variation in egg mercury levels in marine bird species from the Canadian Arctic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 836-840

  Akearok, Jason A ^a   Hebert, Craig E ^a   Braune, Birgit M ^a   Mallory, Mark L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Eggs; Laying order; Marine birds; Mercury; Stable nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING STUDIES; BOREALIS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; COMMON EIDER; CONCENTRATION OF; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH ARCTIC; INTRA-CLUTCH VARIATIONS; LAID EGGS; LONG-TAILED DUCKS; MARINE BIRDS; MARINE FOOD WEB; MERCURY LEVELS; SMALL SAMPLES; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TERN EGGS; TOXIC METALS; TROPHIC POSITION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FOOD ADDITIVES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; NITROGEN 15;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD WEB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EGG; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OVUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCTIC;

ANAS; AVES; CLANGULA HYEMALIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA BOREALIS; STERNA PARADISAEA;

EID: 72149084372     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.11.039     Document Type: Article

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