Mercury in bats from the northeastern United States

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-55

  Yates, David E ^a   Adams, Evan M ^a   Angelo, Sofia E ^a   Evers, David C ^a   Schmerfeld, John ^b   Moore, Marianne S ^c   Kunz, Thomas H ^c   Divoll, Timothy ^a   Edmonds, Samuel T ^a,f   Perkins, Christopher ^d   Taylor, Robert ^e   O'Driscoll, Nelson J ^f  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KC Irving Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Hg; MeHg; Mercury; Methylmercury; Northeast United States

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTANT;

BAT; BLOOD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; MERCURY; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NEW ENGLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893650365     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-013-1150-1     Document Type: Article

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