Changes in productivity and contaminants in bald eagles nesting along the lower Columbia River, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1779-1792

  Buck, Jeremy A ^a   Anthony, Robert G ^b   Schuler, Carol A ^c   Isaacs, Frank B ^b   Tillitt, Donald E ^d  

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

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; p,p Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Toxic equivalents

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BALD EAGLE NESTING; EGGSHELL; LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER (LCR); TERRITORIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DDE; DIOXIN; EGG; FURAN; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; EAGLE; EGG; EGG SHELL; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; OREGON; RATS; REPRODUCTION;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 21444450081     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-621.1     Document Type: Article

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