Assessing PFAS exposure in Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) populations adjacent to the former Rocky Flats nuclear site: A preliminary analysis

• David Lucas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: david_c_lucas@fws.gov

  Affiliation Colorado Front Range National Wildlife Refuge Complex, United States of America Fish and Wildlife Service, Commerce City, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0871-2182

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• Kelsey E. Schreiber,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Toxicology and Environmental Epidemiology Office, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Joseph M. Halseth,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Meghan C. W. Williams,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Toxicology and Environmental Epidemiology Office, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Philip Sorensen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Benjamin R. Kraft,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Megan E. Klosterman,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colorado Front Range National Wildlife Refuge Complex, United States of America Fish and Wildlife Service, Commerce City, Colorado, United States of America

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• Thomas J. Ronning,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colorado Front Range National Wildlife Refuge Complex, United States of America Fish and Wildlife Service, Commerce City, Colorado, United States of America

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• Wayne Soong,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7641-1485

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• Monique A. Rivera

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Colorado Front Range National Wildlife Refuge Complex, United States of America Fish and Wildlife Service, Commerce City, Colorado, United States of America

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