Ingestion of lead from ammunition and lead concentrations in white-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Sweden

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5555-5563

  Helander, B ^a   Axelsson, J ^b   Borg, H ^c   Holm, K ^c   Bignert, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammunition; Eagle; Haliaeetus; Lead; Mortality; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

AGE DIFFERENCES; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BIOMAGNIFICATION; EAGLE; HALIAEETUS; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS; LEAD POISONING; LEAD SHOT; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; MORTALITY FACTOR; POISONING; TIME PERIODS;

AMMUNITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; ISOTOPES; LIVER; METAL RECOVERY; PROJECTILES;

LEAD;

ISOTOPE; LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGESTION; HUNTING; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; LEAD ISOTOPE; MORTALITY; POISONING; RAPTOR; WEAPON;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INGESTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LAW; LEAD POISONING; LIVER LEVEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; TISSUE LEVEL; WEAPON; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; EAGLES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; KIDNEY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MALE; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; RAPTORES;

EID: 70349138809     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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