Persistent environmental pollutants in eggs of aplomado falcons from Northern Chihuahua, Mexico, and South Texas, USA

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Mora, M A ^a   Montoya, A B ^b   Lee, M C ^c   Macias Duarte A ^b   Rodriguez Salazar R ^b   Juergens, P W ^b   Lafon Terrazas A ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aplomado falcon; Contaminants; DDE; Endangered species; Hg; Northern Mexico; South Texas

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL);

APLOMADO FALCONS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NORTHERN MEXICO; SOUTH TEXAS;

AIR POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EGG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEAVY METAL; MONITORING; PERSISTENCE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FALCONIFORMES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

CHIHUAHUA; MATAGORDA ISLAND; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FALCO FEMORALIS; FALCO FEMORALIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 37049000553     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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