Concentrations of heavy metals in American woodcock harvested in Connecticut

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-164

  Hiller, Brian J ^a   Barclay, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; STEEL;

FIELD SURVEY; GAMEBIRD; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORELIMB; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLOPAX MINOR; SOFT TISSUE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WING;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

AVES; SCOLOPAX MINOR;

EID: 79251598690     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9525-2     Document Type: Article

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