Mercury, selenium and neurochemical biomarkers in different brain regions of migrating common loons from Lake Erie, Canada

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1677-1683

  Hamilton, Melanie ^a   Scheuhammer, Anton ^a   Basu, Niladri ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Common loon; Great Lakes; Mercury; Neurotoxicology; Neurotransmitters; Selenium; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN ENZYME; MERCURY; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SELENIUM;

BIOMARKER; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE LEVEL; CANADA; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; DYING; FEMALE; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIVER TISSUE LEVEL; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GREAT LAKES REGION; LAKES; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MERCURY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ONTARIO; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LONG POINT; ONTARIO [CANADA];

GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE;

EID: 80054956104     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0754-6     Document Type: Article

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