Mercury exposure and neurochemical impacts in bald eagles across several Great Lakes states

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1669-1676

  Rutkiewicz, Jennifer ^a   Nam, Dong Ha ^a   Cooley, Thomas ^b   Neumann, Kay ^c   Padilla, Irene Bueno ^d   Route, William ^e   Strom, Sean ^f   Basu, Niladri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Saving Our Avian Resources   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian toxicology; Biomarker; Methylmercury; Monitoring; Neurochemistry; Neurotoxicology

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SELENIUM;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; ENZYME; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RAPTOR; SELENIUM; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE LEVEL; BREAST TISSUE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMETHYLATION; DRY WEIGHT; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEATHER; FEMALE; LIVER TISSUE LEVEL; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BREAST; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GREAT LAKES REGION; LAKES; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SELENIUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; IOWA; LAKE MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN LAKE;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 80054911889     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0730-1     Document Type: Article

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