Selenium in blood of predatory birds from Kesterson Reservoir and other areas in California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1273-1281

  Santolo, Gary M ^a   Yamamoto, Julie T ^b  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural drainwater; American kestrel; Barn owl; Bioaccumulation; Blood selenium; Buteo jamaicensis; Egg selenium; Falco sparverius; Kesterson Reservoir; Lanius ludovicianus; Loggerhead shrike; Red tailed hawk; Selenium; Tytoo alba

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONTAMINATED LAND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM;

CALIFORNIA; KESTERSON RESERVOIR; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CARETTA CARETTA; CIRCUS CYANEUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; GALLIFORMES; LANIIDAE; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 0032707352     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802845     Document Type: Article

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