Metal concentrations, foraging distances, and fledging success of great blue herons nesting along the hanford reach of the Columbia River

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 71-79

  Tiller, Brett L ^a   Marco, J D ^b   Rickard, W H ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ardea herodias; Blue heron; Foraging distances; Hanford Reach; Metal concentrations

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COOLANTS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLUTONIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIRDS; DITCHES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SHORELINE RETENTION BASINS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INGESTION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIVER; RIVERS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 18144404177     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-1603-y     Document Type: Article

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