Reproductive success and contaminants in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) breeding at a wastewater treatment plant

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3106-3112

  Dods, Patti L ^a   Birmingham, Erinn M ^a   Williams, Tony D ^a   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Bennie, Donald T ^c   Elliott, John E ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonylphenol; Tree swallow; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; COMPOSITION; HYDROCARBONS; IMMUNOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NONYLPHENOL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TREE SWALLOW; WASTEWATER;

CONTAMINATION;

4 NONYLPHENOL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CLUTCH SIZE; PASSERINE; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CANADA; CLUTCH SIZE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GROWTH; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INSECT; LAGOON; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; TREE SWALLOW; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PHENOLS; REPRODUCTION; SWALLOWS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 28444444914     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-547R.1     Document Type: Article

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