Effects of elevated selenium on body condition, oxidative stress, and organ health in greater scaup wintering at Lake Ontario

• Published in: Wildlife Society Bulletin
• Main Authors: Ware, Lindsay L., Petrie, Scott A., Bailey, Robert C., Badzinski, Shannon S., Schummer, Michael L., Chen, Yu‐Wei, Belzile, Nelson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Western Lake; Aythya marila; greater scaup
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wsb.158; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fwsb.158; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wsb.158

Abstract Elevated selenium (Se) concentrations have been detected in tissues of greater ( Aythya marila ) and lesser ( A. affinis ) scaup and it has been hypothesized that these Se concentrations may be affecting scaup health and reducing survival and, thus, negatively affecting scaup populations in...