Elevated mercury exposure and neurochemical alterations in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) from a site with historical mercury contamination

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1094-1101

  Nam, Dong Ha ^a   Yates, David ^b   Ardapple, Pedro ^b   Evers, David C ^b   Schmerfeld, John ^c   Basu, Niladri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Methyl mercury; Neurochemical biomarkers; South River; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); METHYLMERCURY; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BAT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MERCURIALISM; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RIVERS; VIRGINIA;

SOUTH RIVER [VIRGINIA]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 84862857237     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0864-9     Document Type: Article

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