Evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyl remediation at a superfund site using tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) as indicators

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2512-2520

  Spears, Brian L ^a   Brown, Michael W ^b   Hester, Cyrus M ^b  

^a Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office   (United States)

^b Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Polychlorinated biphenyl; Risk assessment; Superfund; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BIO AVAILABILITIES; BODY WEIGHTS; ECOLOGICAL RECEPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; ILLINOISES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; REFERENCE SITES; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; SUPERFUND; SUPERFUND SITES; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS; TREE SWALLOW;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; BODY MASS; PASSERINE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERFUND;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; EGG; EGG LAYING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOW (BIRD); TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SWALLOWS;

CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 57649129651     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-625.1     Document Type: Article

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