Utilizing the great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in ecological risk assessments of bioaccumulative contaminants

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 157, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 199-210

  Seston, Rita Marie ^a   Zwiernik, Matthew John ^a   Fredricks, Timothy Brian ^a   Coefield, Sarah Jean ^a   Tazelaar, Dustin Lee ^a   Hamman, David Wayne ^a   Paulson, John David ^b   Giesy, John Paul ^a,c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Avian; Bird; Egg; PCDD; PCDF; Plasma; Tittabawassee; Trapping

Indexed keywords

AVIAN; EGG; PCDD; PCDF; TITTABAWASSEE; TRAPPING;

BLOOD; IMPURITIES; PLASMAS; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SITE SELECTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; PCDD; PCDF; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; WADER;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OVUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES;

EID: 70349239185     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0528-7     Document Type: Article

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