Blood dynamics of mercury and selenium in northern elephant seals during the lactation period

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2523-2529

  Habran, Sarah ^a   Debier, Cathy ^b   Crocker, Daniel E ^c   Houser, Dorian S ^d   Das, Krishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Biomimetica   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation; Mercury; Mirounga angustirostris; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BODY CONDITION; ELEMENT LEVEL; LACTATION; MARINE MAMMALS; MATERNAL TRANSFER; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; TOP PREDATOR; WHOLE BLOOD;

BLOOD; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; BODY CONDITION; LACTATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK LEVEL; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEALS, EARLESS; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 80052322414     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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