ORGANOCHLORINE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN HERRING GULLS, RING-BILLED GULLS, AND COMMON TERNS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR

• Main Authors: G.J. Niemi, T.E. Davis, G.D. Veith, B. Vieux
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Western Lake; Common tern
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=41268

Residues of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDE, DDT, and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) were analyzed for three age classes (e.g. pre-fledge muscle and blood, and post-fledge muscle) of the herring gull, ring-billed gull, and common tern for samples collected in the western end of Lake Superior in 1977....