Publications
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lead poisoning in the globally threatened marbled teal and white-headed duck in spain. | marbled teal (marmaronetta angustirostris) and white-headed duck (oxyura leucocephala) are the two european ducks threatened with global extinction. we investigated lead (pb) poisoning in stifftails (oxyura spp., n = 83) and marbled teal (n = 80) shot or found dead or moribund in spanish wetlands via gizzard examination and liver, bone, and blood pb analysis. ingested pb shot was present in 32% of shot stifftails and 70 and 43% of dead or moribund stifftails and marbled teal, respectively. lead- ... | 2001 | 11764172 |