LIVER LEAD BURDEN IN HUNTER-KILLED DUCKS FROM THE COEUR-DALENE RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHERN IDAHO

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CASTEEL, SW
NIGH, J
NEUFELD, J
THOMAS, BR
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[1] UNIV IDAHO,DEPT VET SCI,MOSCOW,ID 83843
[2] IDAHO DEPT FISH & GAME,HARRISON,ID 83833
[3] IDAHO DEPT FISH & GAME,COEUR DALENE,ID 83814
[4] KERR MCGEE CHEM CORP,SODA SPRINGS,ID 83276
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Liver lead burden was evaluated in ducks from an area in northern Idaho contaminated with mining waste and lead shot. Hunter-killed ducks with lead shot in their gizzard had a mean liver lead concentration of 15.18 +/- 2.51-mu-g/g wet-weight (N = 23) and ducks without lead shot had a mean liver lead concentration of 4.21 +/- 0.47 mu-g/g wet-weight (N = 85). The most hazardous source of lead for waterfowl in this area has been thought to be mining waste-contaminated soils and sediments. Three sediment samples had a mean concentration of 4,520 mu-g lead/g wet-weight.
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