Trace element and metallothionein concentrations in seabirds from the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Braune, Birgit M., Scheuhammer, Anton M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Cepphus grylle; Fulmarus glacialis; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Larus hyperboreus; rissa tridactyla; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1897/07-269.1; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1897%2F07-269.1; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1897/07-269.1

Abstract Livers and kidneys were collected for five seabird species from the Canadian Arctic during the 1983 and 1991 to 1993 breeding seasons. Livers were analyzed for Cd, Hg, Pb, and Se, and kidneys were analyzed for Cd, Cu, Zn, and metallothionein (MT). Concentrations of the essential elements, C...