Hepatic concentrations of inorganic contaminants and their relationships with nutrient reserves in autumn-migrant common loons at Lake Erie

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 704-713

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

^a Long Point Waterfowl   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; LIPID; MERCURY; MINERAL; PROTEIN; SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); JUVENILE; LIPID; MIGRATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PISCIVORE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATERFOWL;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BOTULISM; BREEDING; COMMON LOON; DEMETHYLATION; FEMALE; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; INTOXICATION; LIVER; MALE; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; FEMALE; LAKES; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METALS; PROTEINS; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

AVES; GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE;

EID: 84862753845     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9724-5     Document Type: Article

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