Distribution of mercury and selenium in blood compartments of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Sarasota Bay, Florida

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2441-2448

  Correa, Lucero ^a   Castellini, J Margaret ^a   Wells, Randall S ^b   O'Hara, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Bottlenose dolphins; Mercury; Selenium; Selenium to mercury ratio

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS); BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; FREE-RANGING BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; HEMATOCRIT MEASUREMENTS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); MERCURY (METAL); PLASMAS; SELENIUM;

BLOOD;

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ANTIOXIDANT; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODEL VALIDATION; PLASMA; RESIDENT POPULATION; SELENIUM; SERUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ERYTHROCYTE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOCRIT; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SELENIUM TO MERCURY RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BAYS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84885862920     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2327     Document Type: Article

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