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Salt Marshes and Biodiversity
Estuaries and coastal lagoons around the world are wetlands of great importance and they are regularly targeted as prime conservation sites. Many...
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Toxicity Reference Values for Protecting Aquatic Birds in China from the Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are widely distributed, persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants of abiotic matrices, such as soils,...
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Sundarban Mangroves: Impact of Water Management in the Ganga River Basin
Sundarban, the single largest contiguous area of mangroves in the delta of Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna, is shared between India and Bangladesh. The...
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Mercury bioaccumulation in Southern Appalachian birds, assessed through feather concentrations
Mercury contamination in wildlife has rarely been studied in the Southern Appalachians despite high deposition rates in the region. From 2006 to 2008...
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Tissue Concentrations of Pesticides, PCBs and Metals Among Ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, Collected in France
In this study, osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) tissues collected in France were used for contaminants analyses by a non-invasive approach. 53 pesticides...
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Monitoring agricultural rodenticide use and secondary exposure of raptors in Scotland
Despite the documented risk of secondary poisoning to non-target species by anticoagulant rodenticides there is no statutory post-approval monitoring...
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Exposure and Effects of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Tree Swallows Nesting in Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA
The exposure and effects of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) were studied at eight locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin between 2007 and 2011 using...
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Mercury in Wing and Tail Feathers of Hatch-Year and Adult Tidal Marsh Sparrows
We estimated mercury exposure and bioaccumulation in sparrow feathers to determine variation among age groups, between sparrow species, and between...
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Mercury and Other Mining-Related Contaminants in Ospreys Along the Upper Clark Fork River, Montana, USA
We investigated links between mining-related contaminants in river sediment and their occurrence in nestling ospreys ( Pandion haliaetus ) in the Clark...
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Toxicity of methylmercury injected into eggs of thick-billed murres and arctic terns
Mercury (Hg) has been increasing in some marine birds in the Canadian Arctic over the past several decades. To evaluate the potential reproductive...
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Incidence of organochlorine pesticides and the health condition of nestling ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) at Laguna San Ignacio, a pristine area of Baja California Sur, Mexico
We identified and quantified organochlorine (OC) pesticide residues in the plasma of 28 osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) nestlings from a dense population...
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Embryotoxicity of Corexit 9500 in mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)
Embryotoxicity of the oil dispersant Corexit 9500 was examined using fertilized mallard duck eggs. Corexit 9500 was topically applied below the air...
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Avian Community Responses to Tidal Restoration along the North Atlantic Coast of North America
Salt marshes in the New England and Atlantic Canada region are widely affected by humanmade structures such as dikes, tide gates, bridges, and...
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Examination of Eurasian Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus fulvus) in Israel for Exposure to Environmental Toxicants Using Dried Blood Spots
The griffon vulture ( Gyps fulvus ) is one of seven species of Old World Gyps vultures found over a wide range from the Iberian peninsula in the west...
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Liver Lead Concentrations in Raptors in New Jersey, USA, 2008—2010
Lead exposure in New Jersey raptors was assessed by analyzing liver samples from carcasses obtained from wildlife rehabilitators. Samples were...
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Metal Contamination in Select Species of Birds in Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
Variation in metal contamination in six species of birds, namely the Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo ), Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ), Little Egret ( Egre...
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Wastewater dilution index partially explains observed polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardant concentrations in osprey eggs from Columbia River Basin, 2008–2009
Several polybrominated biphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners were found in all 175 osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) eggs collected from the Columbia River Basin...
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Dioxins, Wildlife, and the Forest Industry in British Columbia, Canada
The exposure and effects of wildlife to persistent pollutants from forest industry sources were studied over the period 1986–2008 in British...
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Minimizing Collision Risk Between Migrating Raptors and Marine Wind Farms: Development of a Spatial Planning Tool
An increased focus on renewable energy has led to the planning and construction of marine wind farms in Europe. Since several terrestrial studies...
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Controlling Wireworms Without Killing Wildlife in the Fraser River Delta
We studied the poisoning of birds of prey and waterfowl by anti-cholinesterase insecticides from 1989 to the present in the lower Fraser Valley of...