Concentrations of 17 elements, including mercury, and their relationship to fitness measures in arctic shorebirds and their eggs

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3153-3161

  Hargreaves, Anna L ^a   Whiteside, Douglas P ^a,b   Gilchrist, Grant ^c  

^a Calgary Zoo   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charadriiformes; Heavy metal; Nearctic; Primary feathers; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

BIRD SPECIES; BODY CONDITION; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENT LEVEL; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; ESSENTIAL METALS; FITNESS MEASURES; PARASITE LOAD; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; RED BLOOD CELL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

BIRDS; CELLS; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION; IMPURITIES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); ZINC;

BLOOD;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; THALLIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC; METAL; POLLUTANT;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARENARIA INTERPRES; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; FEMALE; FITNESS; HATCHING; MALE; NEST SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOREBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; METALS; REPRODUCTION;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

ARENARIA (AVES); ARENARIA INTERPRES; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA;

EID: 77953702285     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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