Spatial, temporal, and dietary determinants of organic contaminants in nestling tree swallows in point pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3159-3165

  Smits, Judit E G ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   Sebastian, Mary ^b   Ciborowski, Jan J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Contaminant transfer; Food web transfer; Organochlorine contaminants; Tree swallows

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOILS; TISSUE;

BIOMONITORING; CONTAMINANT TRANSFER; FOOD WEB TRANSFER; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS;

CONTAMINATION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; FOOD WEB; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; BIRD; BREEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD WEB; INSECTIVORE; MIGRATION; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXON; TREE SWALLOW;

ANIMALS; CANADA; DDT; DIELDRIN; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ONTARIO; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SWALLOWS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; HEXAPODA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27544463021     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-045R.1     Document Type: Article

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