The corticosterone stress response and mercury contamination in free-living tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor

We determined mercury concentrations in tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, from Massachusetts and Maine with different levels of contamination. Baseline and stress-induced plasma corticosterone concentrations from adults and nestlings (Massachusetts only) were compared with mercury concentrations....

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecotoxicology (London, England). - 1992. - 18(2009), 5 vom: 28. Juli, Seite 514-21
1. Verfasser: Franceschini, Melinda D (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lane, Oksana P, Evers, David C, Reed, J Michael, Hoskins, Bart, Romero, L Michael
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Ecotoxicology (London, England)
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Mercury FXS1BY2PGL Corticosterone W980KJ009P