Increased thyroid hormone levels in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on reclaimed wetlands of the Athabasca oil sands

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-292

  Gentes, Marie Line ^a   McNabb, Anne ^b   Waldner, Cheryl ^a   Smits, Judit E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

BIOREMEDIATION; CRUDE OIL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; OIL SAND; PAH; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECLAIMED LAND; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEIODINATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SURVIVAL; SWALLOW (BIRD); THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGAN SIZE; PETROLEUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SWALLOWS; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WETLANDS;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 34250887522     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0070-y     Document Type: Article

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