Breeding songbird tissue analysis and metal concentrations in tissues, soil and invertebrates collected near nesting sites within the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District, 2016-19

Description

This dataset provides results for the following: (1) metals concentrations in soils surrounding breeding song bird nest sites; (2) metals concentrations in invertebrates (earthworm and grub composites) collected near nest sites; (3) metals concentrations and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) activity in avian blood samples; and (4) metals concentrations, indicators of oxidative stress and DNA damage, and histopathology in liver and/or kidney tissues collected from breeding song birds.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.64c01955d34e70357a32323f.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RV1D60

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  • environment
  • oxidative-stress
  • metallic-mineral-resources
  • missouri
  • lead-contaminated-soil
  • kidney
  • biota
  • liver
  • usgs-64c01955d34e70357a32323f
  • heavy-metal-pollution
  • united-states
  • nesting-songbirds
  • metal-elements
  • dna-damage
  • microscopic-lesions
  • delta-aminolevulinic-acid-dehydratase-activity
  • southeast-missouri-lead-mining-district
  • industrial-sites
  • blood
  • natural-resource-damage-assessment-and-restoration
  • mine-sites
  • soil-invertebrates
  • histopathology
  • mining-and-mineral-extraction

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