Elemental contaminants in livers of mute swans on Lakes Erie and St. Clair

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 677-687

  Schummer, Michael L ^a   Petrie, Scott A ^a   Badzinski, Shannon S ^a   Deming, Misty ^b   Chen, Yu Wei ^c   Belzile, Nelson ^c  

^a Long Point Waterfowl   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ALUMINUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; HERBIVORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NESTING; OMNIVORY; SELENIUM; SPRING (SEASON); SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; DUCKS AND GEESE; FALLING; FEMALE; LAKE; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WINTER;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BODY BURDEN; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LAKES; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; METALS, LIGHT; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

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

ANATIDAE; CYGNUS; CYGNUS OLOR;

EID: 81755171287     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9659-x     Document Type: Article

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