Aquatic birds and selenium in the San Joaquin Valley
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Abstract
Kesterton Reservoir is a series of ponds comprising 1,200 acres sitting in the grasslands of the Kesterton National Wildlife Refuge. It is bounded on the east by the San Luis Drain, a concrete-lined canal that discharges agricultural drainage into the ponds at their southern end, from which point it then flows northward through the twelve ponds (see the map on the page following).
Mike Saki and I studied several of these ponds to determine the concentrations of selenium and other contaminants in food-chain organisms. You'll hear more about this from Mike shortly. My portion of the study was to determine the reproductive success of birds nesting in the ponds and to collect birds so that we could find out what they were eating and what levels of selenium were in their tissues.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Aquatic birds and selenium in the San Joaquin Valley |
| ISBN | 0-937995-00-2 |
| Year Published | 1986 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Bay Institute of San Francisco |
| Publisher location | Tiburon, California |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 11 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Selenium and agricultural drainage: Implications for San Francisco Bay and the California environment - Proceedings of the second selenium symposium |
| First page | 14 |
| Last page | 24 |
| Conference Title | Second Selenium Symposium |
| Conference Location | Berkeley, CA |
| Conference Date | Marsh 23, 1985 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Kesterton Reservoir |
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