Relationship between laying sequence and mercury concentration in tree swallow eggs

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1155-1159

  Brasso, Rebecka L ^a,c   Abdel Latif, Marwa K ^a   Cristol, Daniel A ^b  

^a RANDOLPH COLLEGE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Egg; Mercury; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

CLUTCHES;

BIOMONITORS; BODY BURDEN; CONTAMINATED SITES; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; TREE SWALLOW;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; POLLUTANT;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PASSERINE; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SWALLOW (BIRD); ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; TIME;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MERCURY; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SWALLOWS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953596001     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.144     Document Type: Article

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