Mercury and drought along the lower Carson River, Nevada: II. Snowy egret and black-crowned night-heron reproduction on Lahontan Reservoir, 1997-2006

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-131

  Hill, Elwood F ^a   Henny, Charles J ^b   Grove, Robert A ^b  

^a US Geological Survey ^*  (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black crowned night heron; Drought; Mercury; Mining; Reproduction; Snowy egret

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

DROUGHT; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD PREFERENCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DROUGHT; EGG; FLOODING; HABITAT QUALITY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; FISHES; FRESH WATER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEVADA; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZYGOTE;

APOSTLE ISLANDS; CARSON RIVER; GULL ISLAND; LAHONTAN RESERVOIR; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AVES; EGRETTA THULA; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 38349133426     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0180-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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