Exposure and effects of chemical contaminants on tree swallows nesting along the Housatonic River, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA, 1998-2000

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1605-1621

  Custer, Christine M ^a   Custer, Thomas W ^a   Dummer, Paul M ^a   Munney, Kenneth L ^b  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Furans; Hatching success; Housatonic River; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tree swallows

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

HATCHING SUCCESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; PASSERINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; EXPOSURE; HATCHING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TREE SWALLOW; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; OOCYTE; POLLUTANT; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FURANS; MASSACHUSETTS; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0141447764     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)22<1605:EAEOCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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