Tissue mercury concentrations and adrenocortical responses of female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) near a contaminated river

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1277-1284

  Wada, Haruka ^a   Yates, David E ^b   Evers, David C ^b   Taylor, Robert J ^c   Hopkins, William A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Eptesicus fuscus; Fur:blood ratio; Insectivore; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BAT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INSECTIVORE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HYDROCORTISONE; MERCURY; RIVERS; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78149468992     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0513-0     Document Type: Article

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