Mercury contamination and effects on survival of American avocet and black-necked stilt chicks in San Francisco Bay

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-116

  Ackerman, Joshua T ^a   Takekawa, John Y ^b   Eagles Smith, Collin A ^c   Iverson, Samuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Himantopus; Mercury; Recurvirostra; Survival; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; HATCHING DATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RADIOTELEMETRY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVOCET; BIRD; BLACK NECKED STILT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; HATCHING; HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS; LABORATORY TEST; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; MALE; MERCURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SAN FRANCISCO; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

HIMANTOPUS; HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS; RECURVIROSTRA; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 38349192773     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0164-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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