Mercury in wing and tail feathers of hatch-year and adult tidal marsh sparrows

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 586-593

  Warner, Sarah E ^a,b   Shriver, W Gregory ^a   Olsen, Brian J ^c   Greenberg, Russell G ^d   Taylor, Robert J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

AGE CLASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING POPULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DEPURATION; FEATHER; INSECTIVORE; MARSH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; PASSERINE; PISCIVORE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SYMPATRY; WING;

AMMODRAMOUS MARITIMUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN SWAMP SPARROW; FEATHER; FORELIMB; HATCHING; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA NIGRESCENS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASIDE SPARROW; SPARROW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIL; TIDAL MARSH SPARROW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SPARROWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS; WING;

AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS; AVES; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA NIGRESCENS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 84867573781     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9783-2     Document Type: Article

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