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UMESC - Wildlife Toxicology - Study site locations: Michigan - Zebra mussels are a vector for increased contaminant exposure - Lesser scaup
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Wildlife Toxicology

Study site locations: Michigan - Zebra mussels are a vector for increased contaminant exposure - Lesser scaup

Selenium in lesser scaup liver tissue was elevated in  ducks wintering on Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair to the point which compromised mallard duck health in laboratory studies.  The effect on these lesser scaup is unknown, however, with out further study.

Individual lesser scaup
   

Custer, C. M., and T. W. Custer. 2000. Organochlorine and trace element contamination in wintering and migrating diving ducks in the southern Great Lakes, USA, since the zebra mussel invasion. Environmental Toxicology Chemistry 19: 2821-2829.


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