Metal deposition of copper and lead bullets in moose harvested in Fennoscandia

ABSTRACT Fragments from bullets used for moose (Alces alces) hunting contaminate meat, gut piles, and offal and expose humans and scavengers to lead and copper. We sampled bullets (n = 1,655) retrieved from harvested moose in Fennoscandia (Finland, Sweden, and Norway) to measure loss of lead and cop...

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Main Authors: Sigbjørn Stokke, Scott Brainerd, Jon M. Arnemo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-03-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.731
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