Population‐level effects of lead fishing tackle on common loons

作者：Tiffany J Grade; Mark A Pokras; Eric M Laflamme; Harry S Vogel

来源：Journal of Wildlife Management, 2018, 82(1): 155-164.

DOI：10.1002/jwmg.21348

• common loon
• fishing tackle
• lead
• mortality
• New Hampshire
• population‐level effects
• populations

ABSTRACT(#br)Poisoning from lead fishing tackle has been identified as the leading cause of mortality in adult common loons ( Gavia immer ). As a K‐selected species, adult survival is a critical component in the population demography of loons, but the population‐level effects of mortality from inges...