An ecotoxicological assessment of chlorinated hydrocarbon effects on bald eagle populations

Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-60

  Elliott, John E ^a   Harris, Megan L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DIELDRIN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CALCULATION; EAGLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HATCHING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NEST SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0035771395     PISSN: 13826980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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