Organochlorines in Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Eggs Reflect Persistent Contamination in Northeastern US Estuaries

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-274

  Matz, A C ^a,b   Parsons, K C ^a  

^a Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AVIFAUNA; BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; ESTUARY; ORGANOCHLORINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG SHELL; ESTUARY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; POLLUTION; PREDATOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GADUS MORHUA; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 1042301321     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-2265-9     Document Type: Article

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