Red-throated loons (Gavia stellata) breeding in Alaska, USA, are exposed to PCBs while on their Asian wintering grounds

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2386-2393

  Schmutz, Joel A ^a   Trust, Kimberly A ^b   Matz, Angela C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alaska; Metals; PCBs; Red throated loons

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; ALASKA , USA; COASTAL PLAIN; CONGENER PROFILES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; MIGRATION PATTERNS; NORTHERN ALASKA; PCBS; RED-THROATED LOONS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SATELLITE TELEMETRY DATA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING SUCCESS; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RED THROATED LOON; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TELEMETRY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GAVIA STELLATA;

EID: 68649100651     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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