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Wildlife Toxicology

Study site locations: Wisconsin - Green Bay tree swallows

Concentrations of PCBs in tree swallows in lower Green Bay and the Fox River were elevate compared to two reference areas.  The contamination was accumulated locally based on the accumulation rate in nestlings.

Custer, C.M., T.W. Custer, P.D. Allen, K.L. Stromborg, and M.J. Melancon. 1998. Reproduction and environmental contamination in tree swallows nesting in the Fox River drainage and Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Environm. Toxicol. Chem. 17:1765-1987.

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