Lead isotopes and lead shot ingestion in the globally threatened marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) and white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 416-424

  Svanberg, Fredrik ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^b   Hillström, Lars ^c   Green, Andy J ^d   Taggart, Mark A ^e   Raab, Andrea ^e   Meharg, Andy A ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lead isotope ratio; Lead poisoning; Lead shot; Marbled teal; White headed duck

Indexed keywords

LEAD ISOTOPE RATIO; LEAD SHOT; MARBLED TEAL; WHITE-HEADED DUCK;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ISOTOPES; LEAD;

INDUSTRIAL POISONS;

LEAD;

BONE; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD SHOT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL DYNAMICS; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; DUCKS AND GEESE; GEOMETRY; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MARMARONETTA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OXYURA LEUCOCEPHALA; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIREARMS; GIZZARD; HUMERUS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; MARMARONETTA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; OXYURA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 33749244327     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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