Mercury and other mining-related contaminants in ospreys along the upper Clark Fork River, Montana, USA

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 681-695

  Langner, Heiko W ^a   Greene, Erick ^b   Domenech, Robert ^c   Staats, Molly F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Raptor View Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; GEOGRAPHY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MINING; NONHUMAN; PANDION HALIAETUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHERS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; MERCURY; MINING; MONTANA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

CLARK FORK RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS;

EID: 84862762573     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9732-5     Document Type: Article

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