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. 2019 Apr 24;48(9):1023–1038. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01179-w

Table 3.

Types of fishing tackle removed from loons that died from lead poisoning. Data from the same mortality datasets in Table 2. Pokras et al. (2009) uses the mortality dataset from Sidor et al. (2003)

State/country/region % Jigs % Sinkers % Unknown/other lead object Total n of lead tackle objects Source
New Hampshire 52.6 38.8 8.6 116 Grade et al. (2018)
New York 68.7 20.9 10.5 67 Stone and Okoniewski (2001); J. Okoniewski, pers. com.
New England 19.0 60.0 21.0 222 Pokras et al. (2009)
Canada 25.6 39.5 34.9 43 E.J. Parmley, pers. com.
Michigan 53.2 25.5 21.3 47 J. Melotti, pers. com.