Metal levels in pelage and respiratory tissues of squirrels collected near Sudbury-area smelters
Subtitle: prospects for biomonitoring
By: by Patricia A. Lepage
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1983
Place of publication: [s.l
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Description:   The use of the red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus as indicators of metallic pollution in the Sudbury area was investigated. The effects of season, age, and geography on metal uptake onto the pelage and respiratory tissues of free-ranging squirrels and squirrels exposed in vitro were described and the potential of squirrel tissue use in biomonitoring was discussed.
Notes: Thesis (M.Sc.)--Laurentian University of Sudbury, 1983.

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