Mercury distribution and speciation in different brain regions of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 456-457, Issue , 2013, Pages 278-286

  Ostertag, Sonja K ^a   Stern, Gary A ^b,c   Wang, Feiyue ^c   Lemes, Marcos ^c   Chan, Hing Man ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Detoxification; Marine mammal; Methyl mercury; Selenium; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); MARINE MAMMALS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; METHYL MERCURY; THRESHOLD;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DETOXIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAMMALS; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM;

BRAIN;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

BIOMONITORING; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETOXIFICATION; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM; WHALE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BELUGA WHALE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHEMICAL ANALYZER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; FRONTAL LOBE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BELUGA WHALE; BRAIN; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84876966927     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.106     Document Type: Article

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