Hepatic mercury, cadmium, and lead in mink and otter from New York State: Monitoring environmental contamination

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2497-2516

  Mayack, David T ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Metals; Mink; Mustelidae; New York State; Otter; Upper level consumer; Wildlife monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; MINK; MUSTELIDAE; NEW YORK STATE; OTTER; UPPER-LEVEL-CONSUMER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAD; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LIMITING FACTOR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSTELID; POLLUTION MONITORING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CADMIUM POISONING; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROLOGIC UNIT; LANDSCAPE; LEAD POISONING; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; METAL RECOVERY; MINK; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOGRAPHIC ZONE; POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MINK; NEW YORK; OTTERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 84862835464     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2134-3     Document Type: Article

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