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- Title
Environmental Contaminants and Cholinesterase Activity in the Brain of Fisher (Martes pennanti) Harvested in Northern Wisconsin.
- Authors
Gerstenberger, S. L.; Gilbert, J. H.; Dellinger, J. A.
- Abstract
The article discusses the study that determines the environmental contaminants and cholinesterase activity in the brain of fisher Martes pennanti, harvested in Northern Wisconsin. According to sources, the fisher Martes pennanti, a member of Mustelidae, was once common in the northern forested region of the upper Great Lakes and in Wisconsin. Thus, research efforts have focused on population monitoring and the role fishers play in northern forest ecosystems, and as suitable species for bioaccumulation studies. This includes the effects of contaminants on fisher reproduction and survival, because of their role as top level predators.
- Subjects
WISCONSIN; FISHER (Mammal); PREDATORY animals; ORGANIC water pollutants; CHOLINESTERASES; FOREST ecology; BIOACCUMULATION; MUSTELIDAE; POLLUTANTS
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 1996, Vol 56, Issue 6, p866
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001289900126