Potential hazards of environmental contaminants to avifauna residing in the Chesapeake Bay estuary

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2007, Pages 63-81

  Rattner, Barnett A ^a   McGowan, Peter C ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Contaminants; Pollution; Reproduction; Risk assessment; Stressors

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; OIL SPILL; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42049123218     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0063:PHOECT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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