Organochlorines, mercury, and selenium in great blue heron eggs from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-11

  Custer, Thomas W ^a   Hines, Randy K ^a   Stewart, Paul M ^a   Melancon, Mark J ^b   Henshel, Diane S ^c   Sparks, Daniel W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bloomington Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Great blue herons; Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Mercury; Organochlorines; PCB congeners; Selenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031897713     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(98)70795-6     Document Type: Article

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