Fishing tackle injury and blood lead levels in Mute Swans

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-68

  Kelly, Andrew ^a,b   Kelly, Sinead ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cygnus olor; Fishing tackle; Fishing weights; Lead poisoning; Mortality; Mute Swan

Indexed keywords

INJURY; LEAD; POISONING; SPORT FISHING; WATERFOWL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CYGNUS OLOR; OLOR;

EID: 1842661032     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0060:FTIABL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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