Biomarkers of exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on swallows nesting along the Rio Grande, Texas, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1574-1584

  Mora, Miguel A ^a   Musquiz, Daniel ^a   Bickham, John W ^a   MacKenzie, Duncan S ^a   Hooper, Michael J ^b   Szabo, Judit K ^b   Matson, Cole W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,1 Dichloro 2,2 bis(p chlorophenyl)ethylene; Biomarkers; Inorganic elements; Rio Grande; Swallows

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IMPURITIES; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,1-DICHLORO-2,2-BIS(P-CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; INORGANIC ELEMENTS; RIO GRANDE; SWALLOWS;

BIOMARKERS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BORON; CADMIUM; CHOLINESTERASE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; DNA; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIRD; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; DDE; DNA; NESTING; PCB; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; BRAIN LEVEL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER SIZE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; SWALLOW (BIRD); THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ORGAN SIZE; POLLUTANT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

BROWNSVILLE; EL PASO; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO FULVA; PETROCHELIDON FULVA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SWALLOWS; TEXAS; THYROXINE;

EID: 33746560263     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-447R.1     Document Type: Article

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