Organochlorine concentrations, eggshell thickness, and hatchability in seabirds off central California

Waterbirds

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 376-381

  Pyle, Peter ^a   Sydeman, William J ^a   McLaren, Elizabeth ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brandt's Cormorant; Common Murre; Eggshell; Hatching success; Organochlorine; Pigeon Guillemot; Rhinoceros Auklet; Seabird

Indexed keywords

EGGSHELL; HATCHING; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CEPPHUS COLUMBA; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; COLUMBA; PHALACROCORAX PENICILLATUS; RHINOCEROS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0033501225     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522113     Document Type: Article

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