Mercury in breeding saltmarsh sparrows (Ammodramus caudacutus caudacutus)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1984-1991

  Lane, Oksana P ^a   O'Brien, Kathleen M ^b   Evers, David C ^a   Hodgman, Thomas P ^c   Major, Andrew ^d   Pau, Nancy ^e   Ducey, Mark J ^f   Taylor, Robert ^g   Perry, Deborah ^g  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Rachel Carson NWR   (United States)

^c MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^e US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long Island; Methylmercury; New England; Saltmarsh sparrow; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; BREEDING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PASSERINE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS CAUDACUTUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPARROW; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MERCURY; PASSERIFORMES; SPARROWS;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 80054898829     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0740-z     Document Type: Article

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