Using nestling feathers to assess spatial and temporal concentrations of mercury in bald eagles at Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, USA

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1626-1635

  Pittman, H T ^a,b   Bowerman, W W ^a,e   Grim, L H ^c   Grubb, T G ^d   Bridges, W C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald eagle; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Hg; Mercury; Nestlings; Voyageurs National Park

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FEATHER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NESTLING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RAPTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALD EAGLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EAGLE; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHY; LAKE; NATIONAL PARK; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEATHERS; GREAT LAKES REGION; MERCURY; MINNESOTA; REPRODUCTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MINNESOTA; NAMAKAN LAKE; UNITED STATES; VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 80054938372     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0736-8     Document Type: Article

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