Feather lead concentrations and207Pb/206Pb ratios reveal lead exposure history of California condors (Gymnogyps californianus)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2639-2647

  Finkelstein, M E ^a   George, D ^b   Scherbinski, S ^b   Gwiazda, R ^a   Johnson, M ^c   Burnett, J ^d   Brandt, J ^e   Lawrey, S ^f   Pessier, A P ^g   Clark, M ^h   Wynne, J ^h   Grantham And, J ^e   Smith, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Ventana Wildlife Society   (United States)

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

^f Tom Dodson and Associates   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^h University of Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD SAMPLES; CALIFORNIA; CRITICALLY ENDANGERED; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD EXPOSURE; LEAD POISONING; PRIMARY FACTORS; TIME FRAME;

BLOOD; METAL RECOVERY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEAD;

LEAD; LEAD 206; LEAD 207; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEATHER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; RECONSTRUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; GROWTH RATE; LEAD POISONING; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHERS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; GYMNOGYPS; GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 77950409763     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903176w     Document Type: Article

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