Maternal Steller sea lion diets elevate fetal mercury concentrations in an area of population decline

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 277-282

  Rea, Lorrie D ^a   Castellini, J Margaret ^b   Correa, Lucero ^a,b   Fadely, Brian S ^c   O'Hara, Todd M ^b  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Hair; Stable isotopes; Steller sea lions; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HAIR; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STELLER SEA LION; TOTAL MERCURIES;

BLOOD; CONSERVATION; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); NEUROLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; TISSUE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ISOTOPE; MERCURY; NITROGEN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEUROLOGY; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FISH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEAL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS; HAIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA LIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875782132     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.095     Document Type: Article

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