Pesticide contamination of endangered gray bats and their food base in Boone County, Missouri, 1982

Clawson, R.L.; Clark, D.R., Jr.

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Gray bat guano from Devil‘s Icebox and Hunters Caves contained dieldrin at levels previously associated with gray bat mortality. Two of four gray bats found dead in Holton Cave had lethal brain concentrations of dieldrin. Twenty-five of 28 (86%) insect samples from bat foraging areas contained measurable dieldrin, heptachlor epoxide or both. Beetle samples were most heavily contaminated containing up to 2.2 ppm and 1.1 ppm heptachlor epoxide. The addition of Holton Cave brings to five the number of Missouri caves where gray bats have died of food chain pesticide poisoning.

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Clawson, R.L.; Clark, D.R., Jr.

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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

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Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

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Pesticide contamination of endangered gray bats and their food base in Boone County, Missouri, 1982; 1989; Article; Journal; Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; Clawson, R.L.; Clark, D.R., Jr.