Organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, trace elements and metals in western pond turtle eggs from Oregon

Northwest Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-53

  Henny, Charles J ^a   Beal, Kat F ^b   Bury, R Bruce ^a   Goggans, Rebecca ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TRACE ELEMENT; TURTLE;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; CLEMMYS MARMORATA; EMYDIDAE; FILICOPHYTA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037412293     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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