Bone lead levels and lead isotope ratios in red grouse from Scottish and Yorkshire moors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3494-3502

  Thomas, Vernon G ^a   Scheuhammer, Anton M ^b   Bond, Della E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bones; Isotope ratios; Lead; Red grouse; Shot; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRIES; CALLUNA; DRY WEIGHTS; HIGH DENSITIES; HIGH INCIDENCES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA- MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ISOTOPE RATIOS; LEAD CONCENTRATIONS; LEAD CONTENTS; LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS; LEAD SHOTS; RED GROUSE; SHOT; STABLE LEAD ISOTOPES; VULGARIS; YORKSHIRES;

BONE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TOXICITY; WETLANDS;

LEAD;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMEBIRD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOORING SYSTEM; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOT BONES; GALLIFORMES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEG BONES; SCOTLAND; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

AVES; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 62749107062     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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