Effects on tree swallows exposed to dioxin-like compounds associated with the Tittabawassee River and floodplain near Midland, Michigan, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1354-1365

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDNO ENTRIX   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Furans; Productivity; Risk assessment; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

2 ,3 ,7 ,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN EQUIVALENTS; DIOXINS; FURANS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

RIVER POLLUTION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BREEDING SEASON; DIOXIN; FLEDGING; FLOODPLAIN; FURAN; HATCHING; PASSERINE; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; UNITED STATES;

MICHIGAN; MIDLAND; TITTABAWASSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 79955716854     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.511     Document Type: Article

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