Oxidative stress response of Forster's terns (Sterna forsteri) and Caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia) to mercury and selenium bioaccumulation in liver, kidney, and brain

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 920-929

  Hoffman, David J ^a   Eagles Smith, Collin A ^b   Ackerman, Joshua T ^b   Adelsbach, Terrence L ^c   Stebbins, Katherine R ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Oxidative stress; San Francisco Bay; Selenium; Terns

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; BIO-INDICATORS; BRAIN TISSUE; FORSTER; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MERCURY; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REDUCED GLUTATHIONE; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY , CALIFORNIA; STANDARD ERRORS; TERNS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID-REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TOTAL MERCURIES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; LIVER; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SELENIUM;

BRAIN;

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; SEABIRD; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; CHICK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPROGNE CASPIA; KIDNEY; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; STERNA FORSTERI; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SELENIUM; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

HYDROPROGNE CASPIA; LARIDAE; STERNA CASPIA; STERNA FORSTERI;

EID: 79952305007     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.459     Document Type: Article

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