Contaminant exposure and biomarker response in embryos of black-crowned night-herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) nesting near Lake Calumet, Illinois

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 791-805

  Levengood, Jeffrey M ^a,d   Wiedenmann, Luann ^b   Custer, Thomas W ^c   Schaeffer, David J ^d   Matson, Cole W ^e   Melancon, Mark J ^f   Hoffman, David J ^f   Scott, John W ^b   Talbott, Jonathan L ^b   Bordson, Gary O ^b   Bickham, John W ^g   Rattner, Barnett A ^f   Golden, Nancy H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Contaminants; Embryos; Lake Calumet; Night heron

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COBALT; COPPER; IMPURITIES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONTAMINANT EXPOSURES; NIGHT HERONS;

LAKES;

BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; EMBRYO; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; NESTING; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WADER;

ILLINOIS; LAKE CALUMET; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 38349071190     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[791:CEABRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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