| metal levels in mourning doves from south carolina: potential hazards to doves and hunters. | most game birds are found in lower trophic levels, but since such birds are harvested and consumed by humans, there is a particular need to assess their contaminant levels. in this paper, we report concentrations of mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, manganese, and chromium in the breast feathers, liver, and muscle of mourning doves (zenaida macroura) collected at a partially drawn-down, contaminated reactor-cooling reservoir (par pond) on the department of energy's savannah river site in south c ... | 1997 | 9417848 |
| a risk assessment for consumers of mourning doves. | recreational and subsistence hunters and anglers consume a wide range of species, including birds, mammals, fish and shellfish, some of which represent significant exposure pathways for environmental toxic agents. this study focuses on the department of energy's (doe's) savannah river site (srs), a former nuclear weapons production facility in south carolina. the potential risk of contaminant intake from consuming mourning doves (zenaida macroura), the most popular united states game bird, was e ... | 1998 | 9853392 |