Survival of white ibises (Eudocimus albus) in response to chronic experimental methylmercury exposure

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 358-364

  Frederick, Peter ^a   Campbell, Ashley ^b   Jayasena, Nilmini ^a   Borkhataria, Rena ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Depuration; Eudocimus albus; Methylmercury; Survival; White Ibis

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

DEPURATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; WADER;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HORMESIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; THRESKIORNITHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951671152     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0586-9     Document Type: Article

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