Contaminant exposure and effects in red-winged blackbirds inhabiting stormwater retention ponds

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 719-729

  Sparling, Donald W ^a   Eisemann, John D ^b   Kuenzel, Wayne ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Arkansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Copper; Red winged blackbirds; Sediments; Stormwater wetlands; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS; SNOW; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

CARCASSES; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; STORMWATER; WILDLIFE;

BIODIVERSITY;

COPPER; STORM WATER; ZINC;

COPPER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STORMWATER; WETLAND; ZINC;

AGELAIUS PHOOENICEUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING SUCCESS; CLUTCH SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; MELTING POINT; NEST SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; POND; RED WINGED BLACKBIRD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND; WILDLIFE;

BIODIVERSITY; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS; SNOW; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 3543077602     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0058-6     Document Type: Article

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