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Cytochrome P4501A biomarker indication of oil exposure in harlequin ducks up to 20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

  1. Daniel Esler1,*,
  2. Kimberly A. Trust2,
  3. Brenda E. Ballachey3,
  4. Samuel A. Iverson1,
  5. Tyler L. Lewis1,3,
  6. Daniel J. Rizzolo3,
  7. Daniel M. Mulcahy3,
  8. A. Keith Miles4,
  9. Bruce R. Woodin5,
  10. John J. Stegeman5,
  11. John D. Henderson6,
  12. Barry W. Wilson6

Article first published online: 21 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/etc.129

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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volume 29, Issue 5, pages 1138–1145, May 2010

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Esler, D., Trust, K. A., Ballachey, B. E., Iverson, S. A., Lewis, T. L., Rizzolo, D. J., Mulcahy, D. M., Miles, A. K., Woodin, B. R., Stegeman, J. J., Henderson, J. D. and Wilson, B. W. (2010), Cytochrome P4501A biomarker indication of oil exposure in harlequin ducks up to 20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29: 1138–1145. doi: 10.1002/etc.129

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  1. 1

    Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University, 5421 Robertson Road, Delta, British Columbia, V4K 3N2 Canada

  2. 2

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503

  3. 3

    U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508

  4. 4

    U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis Field Station, 1 Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California 95616

  5. 5

    Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA

  6. 6

    Animal Sciences and Environmental Toxicology, 1 Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA

*Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University, 5421 Robertson Road, Delta, British Columbia, V4K 3N2 Canada.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 APR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 21 JAN 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 21 JAN 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 18 DEC 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 13 NOV 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 13 OCT 2009

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