Reproductive success and biochemical effects in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) exposed to chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants in wetlands of the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River Basin, USA and Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-271

  Bishop, Christine A ^a   Mahony, Nancy A ^b   Trudeau, Suzanne ^a   Pettit, Karen E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biochemical effects; Passerines; Pollutants; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBENZENE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; UROPORPHYRIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDINIDAE; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0032949278     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0263:RSABEI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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