Environmental contaminants in bald eagle eggs from the Aleutian archipelago

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1843-1855

  Anthony, Robert G ^a   Miles, A Keith ^b   Ricca, Mark A ^b   Estes, James A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bald eagles; Environmental contaminants; Productivity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYTOTOXICITY; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ALASKA; BALD EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CARBON 13; MERCURY; NITROGEN 15; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCHIPELAGO; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; MIGRATION; MILITARY LAND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; EAGLE; EGG; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; WAR;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ISOTOPES; MERCURY; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS;

ADAK ISLAND; ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AMCHITKA ISLAND; AMLIA ISLAND; BULDIR ISLAND; KISKA ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; TANAGA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRIDAE; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 34548499129     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-334R.1     Document Type: Article

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