Trophic transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls in great blue heron (Ardea herodias) at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois, United States

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 572-579

  Straub, C L ^a   Maul, J D ^a   Halbrook, R S ^a   Spears, B ^b   Lydy, M J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; EGG; PCB; REPRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WADER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD; CHICK; CRAB; LAKE; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; ILLINOIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZYGOTE;

CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA HERODIAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM;

EID: 34247201049     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0200-6     Document Type: Article

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