Contaminants in Lesser Scaup eggs and blood from Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 852-861

  Matz, Angela C ^a   Rocque, Deborah A ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya affinis; Contaminants; Inorganic elements; Lead; Lesser Scaup; Persistent organic pollutants; Strontium

Indexed keywords

AYTHYA AFFINIS;

EID: 38349065316     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[852:CILSEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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