Waterfowl Lead Exposure Data in Alaska and Russia

This dataset identifies lead (Pb) concentration found in the blood of waterfowl sampled in western and northern Alaska and eastern Russia between 1993 and 2022. Data include age, sex, body measurement, capture location, presence or absence of lead shot on x-rays, and blood lead levels. Because the study took place over a number of years at the same study sites, many of the same birds were sampled in multiple years.

Tags: Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Aythya marila, Biota, Birds, All tags... Clangula hyemalis, Coastal ecosystems, Colville River Delta, Common eider, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Environment, Environmental Conditions, Freshwater ecosystems, Greater scaup, Indigirka River, Kashunuk River, King eider, Lead, Long-tailed duck, Polysticta stelleri, Population Dynamics, Prudhoe Bay, Russia, Somateria fischeri, Somateria mollissima, Somateria spectabilis, Species Life History, Spectacled eider, Steller's eider, USGS:ASC54, Wetland ecosystems, Yukon Delta, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Fewer tags