ENVIRONMENTALLY ACQUIRED LEAD IN THE LAUGHING GULL, Larus atricilla

RAUL V. MUNOZ; CARL S. HACKER; THOMAS F. GESELL

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-12.2.139

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1 April 1976 ENVIRONMENTALLY ACQUIRED LEAD IN THE LAUGHING GULL, Larus atricilla

RAUL V. MUNOZ, CARL S. HACKER, THOMAS F. GESELL

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 12(2):139-142 (1976). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-12.2.139

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Lead concentrations were measured in eggs, prefledglings and adult laughing gulls collected near Galveston, Texas. No lead was found in eggs. Prefledgling and adult birds had lead ranging from zero to 16 μg/g wet tissue. Liver had the greatest lead concentrations followed by brain, heart and skeletal muscle. There were no significant differences in lead concentrations between fledglings and adults or between males and females.

MUNOZ, HACKER, and GESELL: ENVIRONMENTALLY ACQUIRED LEAD IN THE LAUGHING GULL, Larus atricilla

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RAUL V. MUNOZ, CARL S. HACKER, and THOMAS F. GESELL "ENVIRONMENTALLY ACQUIRED LEAD IN THE LAUGHING GULL, Larus atricilla," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 12(2), 139-142, (1 April 1976). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-12.2.139

Received: 10 June 1975; Published: 1 April 1976

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