Heavy metal contamination and metallothionein mRNA in blood and feathers of Black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) from South Korea

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2221-2230

  Kim, Miran ^a   Park, Kiyun ^b   Park, Jin Young ^c   Kwak, Inn Sil ^b  

^a National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Black tailed gulls; Gene expression; Heavy metals; Islet habitat; Metallothionein; South Korea

Indexed keywords

BLACK-TAILED GULLS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; ISLET HABITAT; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METALLOTHIONEINS; MRNA EXPRESSION; SOUTH KOREA;

BLOOD; CADMIUM; COPPER; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLOTHIONEIN; RNA; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; GENE EXPRESSION; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUTH KOREA; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS;

SOUTH KOREA;

LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, MESSENGER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874994083     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2703-0     Document Type: Article

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