Effects of nontoxic shot regulations on lead accumulation in ducks and American woodcock in Canada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-413

  Stevenson, A L ^a   Scheuhammer, A M ^b   Chan, H M ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

LEAD SHOT;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CANADA; DUCK; DUCKS AND GEESE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIREARMS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEAD; NUNAVUT; ONTARIO; WING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS RUBRIPES; ANATIDAE; AVES; AYTHYA; AYTHYA COLLARIS; SCOLOPAX MINOR;

EID: 19944381208     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0044-x     Document Type: Article

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