Investigation of spatial trends and neurochemical impacts of mercury in herring gulls across the Laurentian Great Lakes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2733-2737

  Rutkiewicz, Jennifer ^a   Scheuhammer, Anton ^b   Crump, Doug ^b   Jagla, Magdalena ^b   Basu, Niladri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian toxicology; Monitoring; Neurochemical biomarker; Neurotoxicology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AVIAN TOXICOLOGY; BRAIN TISSUE; DRY WEIGHT; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES BASIN; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; LIGAND BINDING; MRNA EXPRESSION; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; NEUROCHEMICAL BIOMARKER; NEUROCHEMICAL RECEPTORS; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SPATIAL TRENDS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; MERCURY (METAL);

LAKES;

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; TRITIUM; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEUROLOGY; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LIGAND BINDING; MERCURIALISM; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHARADRIIFORMES; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; MERCURY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES; CAPSICUM CHINENSE; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 77958158591     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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