High risk of lead contamination for scavengers in an area with high moose hunting success

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Legagneux, Pierre ^a   Suffice, Pauline ^a   Messier, Jean Sébastien ^a   Lelievre, Frédérick ^b   Tremblay, Junior A ^c   Maisonneuve, Charles ^b   Saint Louis, Richard ^a   Bêty, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Ministè re du de Veloppement Durable De l'Environnement De la Faune et des Parcs ^*  (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LEAD POISONING; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; BEAR; BIRD; BLOOD; CANADA; CROW; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; CROWS; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUEBEC; URSIDAE;

EID: 84911498626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111546     Document Type: Article

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