Ecological risk assessment in a large river-reservoir: 7. Environmental contaminant accumulation and effects in great blue heron

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 641-648

  Halbrook, Richard S ^a   Brewer Jr , Robert L ^b   Buehler, David A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Great blue heron; Mercury; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

FECUNDITY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WADER;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WILDLIFE;

CLINCH RIVER; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARDEA HERODIAS; QUERCUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0033039128     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620180408     Document Type: Article

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