Mercury levels of Nelson's and saltmarsh sparrows at wintering grounds in Virginia, USA

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1773-1779

  Cristol, Daniel A ^a   Smith, Fletcher M ^a   Varian Ramos, Claire W ^a   Watts, Bryan D ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Mercury; Nelson's sparrow; Saltmarsh sparrow; Stable isotopes; Wintering ground

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MERCURY; NITROGEN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEW SPECIES; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALTMARSH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; AMMODRAMUS NELSONI; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARROW; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE LEVEL; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SPARROWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRGINIA;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AMMODRAMUS NELSONI; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 80054902335     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0710-5     Document Type: Article

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