| 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. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 1003042 |
| Citation Author: | Custer, T. W.; Nisbet, I. C. T.; Krynitsky, A. J. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 400 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Field Ornithology |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 7 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | pp. 394-400 |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Organochlorine residues and shell characteristics of roseate tern eggs, 1981; 1983; Article; Journal; Journal of Field Ornithology; Custer, T. W.; Nisbet, I. C. T.; Krynitsky, A. J. |
| Citation Start Page: | 394 |
| Citation Volume: | 54 |
| Citation Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Organochlorine residues and shell characteristics of roseate tern eggs, 1981; 1983; Article; Journal; Journal of Field Ornithology; Custer, T. W.; Nisbet, I. C. T.; Krynitsky, A. J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1983 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
