A geographical comparison of mercury in seabirds in the eastern Canadian Arctic

Environment International

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-96

  Braune, Birgit M ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Grant Gilchrist, H ^a   Mallory, Mark L ^b   Provencher, Jennifer F ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Liver; Mercury; Seabirds; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

LIVER; TOWERS;

CANADIAN ARCTIC; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURIES (HG); POTENTIALLY TOXIC METALS; SEABIRDS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WINTER FEEDING;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; NITROGEN;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIFFUSION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; METHYLATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; URIA LOMVIA;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; COATS ISLAND; NUNAVUT; PRINCE LEOPOLD ISLAND;

CANADIAN ARCTIC; LIVER; MERCURY; SEABIRDS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; LIVER; MERCURY; METHYLATION; SEASONS;

EID: 84896699540     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.027     Document Type: Article

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