Metal pollution indirectly increases oxidative stress in great tit (Parus major) nestlings

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-370

  Koivula, Miia J ^a   Kanerva, Mirella ^a   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a   Nikinmaa, Mikko ^a   Eeva, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Enzyme activities; Great tit; Metals; Oxidative stress; Plumage colour

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMARKER; BODY MASS; CAROTENOID; COLOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLEDGING; FREE RADICAL; METABOLISM; METAL; NESTLING; OXIDATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METAL POLLUTION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARUS MAJOR; POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SONGBIRD; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CATALASE; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FECES; FINLAND; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; METALLURGY; METALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSERIFORMES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 79952898629     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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