A mining impacted stream: Exposure and effects of lead and other trace elements on tree swallows (tachycineta bicolor) nesting in the upper Arkansas river basin Colorado

Handbook of Ecotoxicology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 787-812

  Custer, Christine M ^a   Custer, Thomas W ^a   Archuleta, Andrew S ^b   Coppock, Laura C ^c   Swartz, Carol D ^d   Bickham, John W ^e  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c US Fish/Wildlife Service Region 6   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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