Corticosterone stress response in tree swallows nesting near polychlorinated biphenyl- and dioxin-contaminated rivers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2326-2331

  Franceschini, Melinda D ^a   Custer, Christine M ^b   Custer, Thomas W ^b   Reed, J Michael ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Corticosterone; Stress; Tree swallows

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK; ONLINE SEARCHING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT FEMALES; BASE-LINES; CONTAMINANTS; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATION SITES; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; IN TREES; NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS; NEW ENGLAND , USA; REFERENCE SITES; RHODE ISLANDS; STRESS RESPONSES; TREE SWALLOWS; UPSTREAM SITES;

CONTAMINATION;

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PCB; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; STEROID; TCDD;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; STRESS; SWALLOW (BIRD); UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SWALLOWS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 56049116452     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-602.1     Document Type: Article

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