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This digital document is a journal article from Environmental Research, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The concept of ''sentinel species'' is important in the environmental health sciences because sentinel species can provide integrated and relevant information on the types, amounts, availability, and effects of environmental contaminants. Here we discuss the use of mink (Mustela vison) as a sentinel organism by reviewing the pertinent literature from exposure- and effects-based studies. The review focuses on mercury (Hg) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), as they are persistent, ubiquitous, and bioaccumulative contaminants of concern to both humans and wildlife. Mink are widely distributed, abundant, and regularly trapped in temperate, aquatic ecosystems, and this makes them an excellent model to address issues in environmental pollution on both temporal and spatial scales. As a high-trophic-level, piscivorous mammal, mink can bioaccumulate appreciable concentrations of certain pollutants and have been shown to be sensitive to their toxic effects. The husbandry and life history of mink are well understood, and this has permitted controlled dosing experiments to be conducted using animals reared in captivity. These manipulative studies have yielded important quantitative information on exposure-response relationships and benchmarks of adverse health effects, and have also allowed the cellular mechanisms underlying toxic effects to be explored. Furthermore, the data accrued from the laboratory continue to validate observations made in the field. Research derived from mink can bridge and integrate multiple disciplines, and the information collected from this species has allowed environmental health scientists to better understand and characterize pollution effects on ecosystems. ... Read more

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Tells the story of how all the animal inhabitants of Wistman's Wood - that ancient and macabre spot off Dartmoor - are forced to band together and do battle with an army of mink on the run. This story is told in the form of narrative verse. ... Read more

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"The Mink War"...A very unique book.
This book, a long poem, is good.I read it because of my interest in weasels and their kin.It's interesting, to say the least, and jumps to anf fro between a rat, his daughter and a whole lot o' minks.If you like drama and poetry (or minks, weasels, and ferrets), try this book.It's unique! ... Read more

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This edited volume assembles contributions from most of theleading researchers on pheromone biochemistry and biology worldwide.Included are reviews of the control of pheromone production, thesensory processing of pheromone signals, the neuroethology ofpheromone-mediated responses, the use of pheromones in direct controlof behavior, and the evolution of pheromone communication.Researchers and graduate students in chemical ecology, entomology,natural products and neurobiology will find this up-to-date volume anessential resource. ... Read more

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It is a good book!
Pheromone plays a important role in the communication of insect society.This illustrates this problem in detail. ... Read more

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Formatted for Kindle.
Linked Contents.
Illustrated.

A BOOK OF INSTRUCTION GIVING MANY
METHODS OF TRAPPING--A VALUABLE
BOOK FOR TRAPPERS.

CONTENTS
I. General Information
II. Mink and Their Habits
III. Size and Care of Skins
IV. Good and Lasting Baits
V. Bait and Scent
VI. Places to Set
VII. Indian Methods
VIII. Mink Trapping on the Prairie
IX. Southern Methods
X. Northern Methods
XI. Unusual Ways
XII. Illinois Trapper's Method
XIII. Experienced Trapper's Ways
XIV. Many Good Methods
XV. Salt Set
XVI. Log and Other Sets
XVII. Points for the Young Trapper
XVIII. Proper Size Traps
XIX. Deadfalls
XX. Steel Traps ... Read more

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Great Book - Better When It's Free
This book was produced by volunteers at Project Gutenberg.Go there to get it for free! ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) is a small carnivorous North American prairie animal closely related to the Steppe Polecat from Russia, and a member of the diverse family Mustelidae which also includes weasels, mink, polecats, martens, otters, and badgers. It should not be confused with the domesticated ferret.The Black-footed Ferret is an endangered mammal in North America, according to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). They became extirpated in the wild in Canada in 1937, and were classified as endangered in the U.S. in 1967. The last known wild population was taken into captivity in 1985, a few years after its accidental discovery in Meeteetse, Wyoming. Release of captive animals has successfully re-introduced the species to parts of its former habitat, and currently these populations have made what has been called an "astonishing comeback. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Travel America, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2427 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sacred shrines tell the American story, from Boston Harbor to Pearl Harbor.(PATRIOTIC PLACES)
Author: Randy Mink
Publication: Travel America (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 21Issue: 2Page: 39(4)

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This digital document is an article from Travel America, published by World Publishing, Co. (Illinois) on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1261 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Presidential Pennsylvania: historical sites spotlight national leaders with ties to the Keystone State.
Author: Randy Mink
Publication: Travel America (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: World Publishing, Co. (Illinois)
Volume: 21Issue: 1Page: 31(3)

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