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Wildlife Toxicology

Study site locations: Wisconsin - Waterbirds along the Wisconsin River

Birds on the Wisconsin River were exposed to PCBs, dioxins, and furans. The piscivorous merganser or its prey may have a greater ability to metabolize PCB congeners with fewer chlorine atoms compared to the omnivorous wood duck or insectivorous tree swallow.

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Custer, T. W., C. M. Custer, and R. K. Hines.  2002.  Dioxins and congener-specific polychlorinated biphenyls in three avian species from the Wisconsin River, Wisconsin.  Environmental Pollution 119:323-332.


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