Temporal trends (1989-2011) in levels of mercury and other heavy metals in feathers of fledgling great egrets nesting in Barnegat Bay, NJ

Environmental Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-17

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Feathers; Lead; Mercury; Metals; New Jersey

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

AVIFAUNA; BAY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

ARDEA ALBA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEATHER; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEATHERS; LEAD; MERCURY; NEW JERSEY;

BARNEGAT BAY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA ALBA; AVES;

EID: 84875080050     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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