Custer, T. W., Hensler, G. L., and Kaiser, T. E. , 1983, Clutch size reproductive
success and organochlorine contaminants in Atlantic coast black-crowned night
herons Nycticorax nycticorax: The Auk, v. 100, no. 3, p. 699-710.

Abstract:

Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii ) breed in two areas in the Western Hemisphere: in
northeastern North  America between Long Island, New York, and Nova Scotia,
and around the Caribbean Sea from the Florida  Keys and the Bahamas to the
Netherlands Lesser Antilles. The present paper reports the results of a survey of 
organochlorine residues in Roseate Terns in 1981. The main objectives of the
survey were to determine the levels  of organochlorine contamination in eggs of the
Roseate Tern in its major colonies and to investigate whether  changes in eggshell
characteristics similar to those reported by Fox (1976) may have occurred in this
species. A  secondary objective was to determine geographic patterns of
organochlorine contamination within the  northeastern U.S. population of Roseate
Terns and to compare them with patterns observed in Common Terns.

Keywords:

USA, Northeast , US-Virgin-I. , pesticides , pesticides-organochlorine ,
bioaccumulation , eggs , environmental-impact , toxicity ,
organochlorine-compounds , residues , Sterna-dougallii , ANW,-ASW,  Caribbean