Productivity of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) exposed to PCBs at the Kalamazoo River Superfund site

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 395-415

  Neigh, Arianne M ^a   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a   MacCarroll, Monica A ^a   Newsted, John L ^a,b   Blankenship, Alan L ^a,b   Jones, Paul D ^a,b   Kay, Denise P ^b   Giesy, John P ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; MICHIGAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; SWALLOWS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 32344435183     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500245128     Document Type: Article

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