An atlas of contaminants in the eggs of fish-eating colonial birds of the Great Lakes (1993-1997). Volume I, Accounts by location / C. Pekarik ... [et al.]. : CW69-5/321E-PDF

"During 1993-97, Canadian Wildlife Service (Ontario Region) collected 1252 eggs from 32 sites. Four species of fish-eating colonial waterbirds were sampled:Double-crested Connorant (Phalacrocorax auritus); Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus); Herring Gull (Larus argentatus); Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis). The purpose was to measure the levels of the following compounds: organochlorine pesticides; chlorinated benzenes; polychlorinated biphenyls; dioxins and furans; lipid and moisture. ... The data from 1993-97 are summarized in two volumes. Volume I contains contaminant data for all (4) species summarized by location, and non-coplanar PCB data for Herring Gull eggs from 14 annual monitoring colonies. Volume II [see CW69-5/322E-PDF] contains contaminant data for all (4) species summarized by compound"--Exec. summary, p.i.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Canadian Wildlife Service. Ontario Region.
Title An atlas of contaminants in the eggs of fish-eating colonial birds of the Great Lakes (1993-1997). Volume I, Accounts by location / C. Pekarik ... [et al.].
Series title Technical report series ; no. 321
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Other formats Paper-[English]
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Incorrect catalogue number (CW69-5/287E) copied in this electronic publication.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-245).
Issued also in print format.
Includes executive summary in French.
Publishing information Downsview, Ont. : Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Region, c1998.
Author / Contributor Pekarik, C.
Description vii, 245 p. : maps, charts
Catalogue number
  • CW69-5/321E-PDF
Subject terms Aquatic birds
Pollutants
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