Different susceptibilities to white phosphorus poisoning among five species of ducks

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2275-2282

  Steele, Benjamin B ^a   Reitsma, Leonard R ^b   Racine, Charles H ^c   Burson III, Sherman L ^d   Stuart, Robin ^a   Theberge, Rebecca ^a  

^a Department of Natural Science   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d New England Inst Landscape Ecol   (United States)

Author keywords

Ducks; Mortality; Susceptibility; Toxin; White phosphorus

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

DUCK; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; POISON SUSCEPTIBILITY; SALTMARSH; WHITE PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

USA, ALASKA;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS AMERICANA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; ARIAS; ARIAS AMERICANA; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0030827350     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2275:DSTWPP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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