Spatial and temporal trends in organochlorine contamination and bill deformities in double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) from the Canadian Great Lakes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-195

  Ryckman, D P ^a   Weseloh, D V ^b   Hamr, P ^c   Fox, G A ^b   Collins, B ^b   Ewins, P J ^d   Norstrom, R J ^b  

^a Environment Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Appleby College   (Canada)

^d World Wildlife Fund Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bill deformities; Double crested cormorant; Eggshell thickness; Great Lakes; Organochlorine contaminants; Phalacrocorax auritus

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MIREX;

LAKE POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFORMITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; EGG SHELL; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032190534     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006088130262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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