Reproductive success, developmental anomalies, and environmental contaminants in double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 553-559

  Larson, Jill M ^a   Karasov, William H ^a   Sileo, Louis ^b   Stromborg, Kenneth L ^c   Hanbidge, Barbara A ^d   Giesy, John P ^e   Jones, Paul D ^e   Tillitt, Donald E ^e   Verbrugge, David A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service ^*  (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double crested cormorant; Ethoxyresorufin O deethylase; Neonatal deformity; Polychlorinated biphenyls; TCDD equivalents

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 0029873925     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0553:RSDAAE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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