Mercury in non-breeding sparrows of North Carolina salt marshes

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-335

  Winder, Virginia L ^a   Emslie, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus caudacutus; Ammodramus maritimus; Ammodramus nelsoni; Hg; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BREEDING SEASON; FEATHER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PASSERINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTUMN; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; FOOD INTAKE; HERD; MARSH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPARROW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WINTER; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS; AMMODRAMUS NELSONI; PASSERIDAE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; SEASONS; SPARROWS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84861704009     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0794-y     Document Type: Article

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