Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

UMESC - Wildlife Toxicology - Study site locations: Indiana - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore - Colonial waterbirds - Great blue herons

Wildlife Toxicology

Study site locations: Indiana - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore - Colonial waterbirds - Great blue herons

Archived great blue heron eggs originally collected in 1993 were analyzed for two classes of new and emerging contaminants.  Whereas  the perfluorochemicals were slightly elevated as expected near large urban centers ,the polybrominated diphenyl ethers were elevated to the point where adverse effects have been found in other avian species.

Aromatic hydrocarbons in lesser scaup carcasses
   

Custer, T. W., K. Kannan, L. Tao , A. R. Saxena,  B. Route.  2009. Perfluorinated Compounds and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Great Blue Heron Eggs from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana.  Journal of Great Lakes Research 35:401-405


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