Temporal increase in organic mercury in an endangered pelagic seabird assessed by century-old museum specimens

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7466-7471

  Vo, Anh Thu E ^a,b   Bank, Michael S ^c   Shine, James P ^c   Edwards, Scott V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian emissions; Ecotoxicology; Fisheries; Global change; Mercury contamination

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSEUMS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

DIOMEDEIDAE; PHOEBASTRIA NIGRIPES;

EID: 79956304231     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013865108     Document Type: Article

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