HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN KIDNEYS OF ESTUARINE RACCOONS FROM FLORIDA

GERALD L. HOFF; WILLIAM J. BIGLER; J. GLYNN McKINNON

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-13.1.101

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1 January 1977 HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN KIDNEYS OF ESTUARINE RACCOONS FROM FLORIDA

GERALD L. HOFF, WILLIAM J. BIGLER, J. GLYNN McKINNON

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 13(1):101-102 (1977). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-13.1.101

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Concentrations of lead, zinc and cadmium in the kidneys of 14 adult raccoons from an estuarine environment were determined. The mean concentrations in ppm wet weight and standard deviation for the metals were lead—0.47 ± 0.22, zinc —75.88 ± 16.54 and cadmium—2.48 ± 1.66.

HOFF, BIGLER, and McKINNON: HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN KIDNEYS OF ESTUARINE RACCOONS FROM FLORIDA

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GERALD L. HOFF, WILLIAM J. BIGLER, and J. GLYNN McKINNON "HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN KIDNEYS OF ESTUARINE RACCOONS FROM FLORIDA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 13(1), 101-102, (1 January 1977). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-13.1.101

Received: 16 August 1976; Published: 1 January 1977

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