Blood lead levels of wild Steller's eiders (Polysticta stelleri) and black scoters (Melanitta nigra) in Alaska using a portable blood lead analyzer

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-365

  Brown, Corrine S ^a   Luebbert, Joanne ^a   Mulcahy, Daniel ^b   Schamber, Jason ^b   Rosenberg, Daniel H ^c  

^a Wild Waterbird Conservancy Inc   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Black scoter; Blood lead; Melanitta nigra; Polysticta stelleri; Portable blood lead analyzer; Steller's eider

Indexed keywords

ANAS; AVES; MELANITTA NIGRA; POLYSTICTA STELLERI;

EID: 33749467186     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-092.1     Document Type: Article

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