Mercury trends in herring gull (Larus argentatus) eggs from Atlantic Canada, 1972-2008: Temporal change or dietary shift?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 172, Issue , 2013, Pages 216-222

  Burgess, Neil M ^a   Bond, Alexander L ^b   Hebert, Craig E ^c   Neugebauer, Ewa ^c   Champoux, Louise ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Egg; Herring gull; Mercury; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; BIRD EGGS; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; EGG; HERRING GULL; NEWFOUNDLANDS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; NITROGEN 15;

BIRD; DIETARY SHIFT; EGG; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LARUS ARGENTATUS; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; STEADY STATE; TREND STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; NEW BRUNSWICK; OVUM; QUEBEC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AVES; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 84867235211     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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