Productivity of American robins exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls, Housatonic River, Massachusetts, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2783-2788

  Henning, Miranda H ^a   Robinson, Scott K ^b   McKay, Kelly J ^c   Sullivan, Joseph P ^d   Bruckert, Heather ^e  

^a ARCADIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Ardea Consulting ^*  (United States)

^d Ardea Consulting   (United States)

^e ARCADIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Housatonic River; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reproduction; Robins

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; EXTRAPOLATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODPLAINS;

TOXICITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

PASSERINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; BIRD; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; FORAGING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; TOXICITY TESTING; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 0141557575     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-536     Document Type: Article

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