Contaminants in fishes from Great Lakes-influenced sections and above dams of three Michigan rivers. II: Implications for health of mink

JP Giesy, DA Verbrugge, RA Othout… - Archives of …, 1994 - Springer
Populations of mink (Mustela vison) have declined in many areas of the world. Such
declines have been linked to exposures to synthetic, halogenated hydrocarbons. In the …

Biochemical and toxic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dibenzo‐P‐dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in the cormorant (phalacrocorax carbo) …

M Van Den Berg, BLHJ Craane… - … and Chemistry: An …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological investigations revealed differences in breeding success of cormorants
(Phalacrocorax carbo) between two colonies in The Netherlands In this study the possible …

The immunotoxicity of environmental contaminants to marine wildlife: a review

PS Ross, RL De Swart, H Van Loveren… - Annual Review of Fish …, 1996 - Elsevier
Virus-associated mass mortalities among several marine mammal populations inhabiting
industrialized coastal areas have generated an interest in wildlife immunotoxicology …

Sources, pathways, and effects of PCBs, dioxins, and dibenzofurans

CP Rice, P O'Keefe, T Kubiak - Handbook of ecotoxicology, 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins (PCDDs), and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) all belong
to a general class of pollutants labeled polyhalogenated organics. They all share the …

What have biomarkers told us about the effects of contaminants on the health of fish-eating birds in the Great Lakes? The theory and a literature review

GA Fox - Journal of Great Lakes Research, 1993 - Elsevier
The molecular, biochemical, and cellular precursors to disease are common to wildlife and
humans. Colonial fish-eating birds have been used as convenient sentinel biological …

Pesticides--how research has succeeded and failed to translate science into policy: endocrinological effects on wildlife.

T Colborn - Environmental health perspectives, 1995 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Toxicological research became institutionalized in the United States in response to society's
concern about cancer and acute mortality. Driven by risk assessment, research focused on …

Reduced breeding success of cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in relation to persistent organochlorine pollution of aquatic habitats in the Netherlands

S Dirksen, TJ Boudewijn, LK Slager, RG Mes… - Environmental …, 1995 - Elsevier
Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) breeding in the heavily contaminated
sedimentation area of the rivers Rhine and Meuse have a severely reduced breeding …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls, dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in wild birds

ML Harris, JE Elliott - … . CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca …, 2011 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), and
polychlori nated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are structurally related families of persistent organic …

Contaminants in fishes from Great Lakes-influenced sections and above dams of three Michigan rivers: III. Implications for health of bald eagles

JP Giesy, WW Bowerman, MA Mora… - Archives of …, 1995 - Springer
Recently, there have been discussions of the relative merits of passage of fishes around
hydroelectric dams on three rivers (Au Sable, Manistee, and Muskegon) in Michigan. A …

Organochlorine contaminants and reproductive success of double‐crested cormorants from Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

TW Custer, CM Custer, RK Hines… - … and Chemistry: An …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
In 1994 and 1995, nesting success of double‐crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus)
was measured at Cat Island, in southern Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, USA …