Settlement rate of lead shot in tundra wetlands

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1099-1102

  Flint, Paul L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Lead poisoning; Lead shot; Settlement rate; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

LEAD SHOT; POLLUTION; SETTLEMENT; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

ALASKA; USA; YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 0031821514     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802563     Document Type: Article

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