Mercury concentrations in snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) correlate with environmental and landscape characteristics

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1599-1608

  Turnquist, Madeline A ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^b   Schulz, Kimberly L ^a   Schlaepfer, Martin A ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Chelydra serpentina; Environmental factors; Mercury; Methylmercury; Snapping turtles

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; MERCURY; NITRATE; SULFATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; TURTLE;

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST; GENDER; LAKE; LANDSCAPE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SNAPPING TURTLE; TAIL MUSCLE; TISSUE LEVEL; TURTLE; TURTLE SHELL; TURTLE SIZE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEW YORK; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80054919746     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0718-x     Document Type: Article

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