Dietary exposure of great blue heron (Ardea herodias) to PCDD/DFs in the Tittabawassee River floodplain, MI, USA

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 494-503

  Seston, Rita M ^a   Fredricks, Timothy B ^a   Tazelaar, Dustin L ^a   Coefield, Sarah J ^a   Bradley, Patrick W ^a   Roark, Shaun A ^b   Newsted, John L ^b   Kay, Denise P ^b   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a   Giesy, John P ^a,c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Avian; Dioxins; Fish; Furans; Polychlorinated biphenyls; TEQs

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DIET; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WADER;

AMPHIBIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; FROG; GREAT BLUE HERON; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

MICHIGAN; TITTABAWASSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES;

EID: 79951960696     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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