Lead objects ingested by common loons in New England

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-182

  Pokras, Mark ^a   Kneeland, Michelle ^a   Ludi, Anna ^a   Golden, Ethan ^a   Major, Andrew ^b   Miconi, Rose ^a   Poppenga, Robert H ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAVIA IMMER; GAVIIDAE;

EID: 77649307630     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.0202     Document Type: Article

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