Mercury in the blood and eggs of American kestrels fed methylmercury chloride

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2206-2210

  French, John B ^a   Bennett, Richard S ^b   Rossmann, Ronald ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Eggs; Kestrel; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLES; CLUTCH SIZE; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DIETARY TREATMENTS; EGG PRODUCTION; EGGS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; KESTREL; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL MERCURY; TOTAL MERCURIES; WHOLE BLOOD;

BLOOD; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLUTCHES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CLUTCH SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EXCRETION; FEATHER; FLIGHT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MOLT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; FALCO SPARVERIUS; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RAPTORS;

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 77955667792     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.284     Document Type: Article

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