Comparison of PCB congener profiles in the embryos and principal prey of a breeding colony of black-crowned night-herons

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 548-553

  Levengood, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Schaeffer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewife; Congeners; Herons; Homologs; PCBs; Prey

Indexed keywords

ALEWIFE; CONGENERS; HERONS; HOMOLOGS; PCBS; PREY;

BIRDS; CHLORINE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMBRYO; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; NESTLING; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; URBAN AREA;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS; LAKE CALUMET; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

EID: 77956176924     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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