Soil ingestion and lead concentration in wildlife species

• Main Author: Connor, Erin E.
• Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Scanlon, Patrick F., Beyer, W. Nelson, Kirkpatrick, Roy L., Allen, Vivien G.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Virginia Tech 1993
• Subjects: LD5655.V855 1993.C666; Lead > Toxicology; Canada; Killarney Lake; Branta canadensis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46147; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12052009-020218/

Problems related to estimating soil ingestion by wildlife species from analysis of feces were examined. Soil ingestion was investigated as a means by which wildlife may be exposed to environmental contaminants, particularly Pb. Titanium (Ti) and acid-insoluble residue (AIR) tracer methods for estima...