Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls at the Kalamazoo River Superfund site, Michigan, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 428-437

  Neigh, Arianne M ^a   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a   Bradley, Patrick W ^a   Kay, Denise P ^b   Park, Cyrus S ^a   Jones, Paul D ^b   Newsted, John L ^b   Blankenship, Alan L ^a,b   Giesy, John P ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aquatic food chain; Bioaccumulation; Birds; Eggs; Toxic equivalents

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AVIAN SPECIES; BIOACCUMULATION; FLOODPLAIN SOILS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; PASSERINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MALE; MICHIGAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWALLOWS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 31344451691     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-493R.1     Document Type: Article

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