Effects of contaminant exposure on reproductive success of ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) nesting in Delaware River and Bay, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 617-628

  Toschik, Pamela C ^a   Rattner, Barnett A ^b   McGowan, Peter C ^c   Christman, Mary C ^a   Carter, David B ^d   Hale, Robert C ^e   Matson, Cole W ^f   Ottinger, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b US Geol Surv Patuxent W R C   (United States)

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

^d Delaware Coastal Management Program   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Organochlorine contaminants; Pandion haliaetus; Perfluorinated compounds; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

DELAWARE RIVER; OSPREYS; PREFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; UNITED STATES;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OSPREY; PANDION HALIAETUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; DELAWARE; DNA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCONIFORMES; FLUOROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MARYLAND; MERCURY; PENNSYLVANIA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZYGOTE;

DELAWARE BAY; DELAWARE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS;

EID: 13944269839     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-141R.1     Document Type: Article

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