Common Loon (Gavia immer) eggshell thickness and egg volume vary with acidity of nest lake in northern Wisconsin

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-374

  Pollentier, Christopher D ^a   Kenow, Kevin P ^a   Meyer, Michael W ^b  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Loon; Egg volume; Eggshell; Eggshell thickness; Gavia immer; Lake pH

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; EGG SIZE; EGGSHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NEST SITE; PH; TOXIC MATERIAL; WADER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN LAKE;

GAVIA IMMER;

EID: 35948969477     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0367:CLGIET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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