Maternal transfer of contaminants to eggs in common grackles (Quiscalus quiscala) nesting on coal fly ash basins

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-277

  Bryan Jr , A L ^a   Hopkins, W A ^a   Baionno, J A ^a   Jackson, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

EGG; FLY ASH; PASSERINE; POLLUTION; SELENIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; COMBUSTION; EGG; EGG LAYING; FLY ASH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; COAL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; INCINERATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OVUM; PREGNANCY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SONGBIRDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRAXINUS; PASSERIFORMES; QUISCALUS; QUISCALUS QUISCULA;

EID: 0041866355     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-002-0212-9     Document Type: Article

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