Environmental contaminants in great blue herons (Ardea herodias) from the lower Columbia and Willamette Rivers, Oregon and Washington, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2804-2816

  Thomas, Carmen M ^a   Anthony, Robert G ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Herons; Oregon; Pesticides; Washington

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

AVIFAUNA; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

ANIMALIA; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032710164     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620181222     Document Type: Article

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