Ecological risk assessment of great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) exposed to PCDD/DF in the Tittabawassee River floodplain in Midland, Michigan, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2341-2349

  Coefield, Sarah J ^a   Fredricks, Timothy B ^a   Seston, Rita M ^a   Nadeau, Michael W ^a   Tazelaar, Dustin L ^a   Kay, Denise P ^b   Newsted, John ^b   Giesy, John P ^a,c,d,e,f   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood; Dioxin; Egg; Furan; Raptors

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIRDS; BLOOD; FLOODS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

2 ,3 ,7 ,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; BIOACCUMULATIVE COMPOUNDS; DIOXIN; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; RAPTORS;

RIVERS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AGGLOMERIN A; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BREEDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODPLAIN; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGY; FLOOD TIDE; FOWL; GEOMETRY; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; OWL; POPULATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; UNITED STATES;

MICHIGAN; TITTABAWASSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 78649461866     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.292     Document Type: Article

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