Survival rates and blood metal concentrations in two species of free-ranging North American sea ducks

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 698-704

  Wayland, Mark ^a   Drake, Kiel L ^b   Alisauskas, Ray T ^a,c   Kellett, Dana K ^a   Traylor, Joshua ^c   Swoboda, Cindy ^c   Mehl, Katherine ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b University of Saskatchewan ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

King eider; Metals; Sea ducks; Survival; White winged scoter

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; LEAD; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

SURVIVAL RATES; WHITE WINGED SCOTER;

BLOOD;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; METALS; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; AVES; MELANITTA FUSCA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 40949112344     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-321.1     Document Type: Article

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