Influence of Feeding Habits on Organochlorine Contaminant Accumulation in Waterfowl on the Great Lakes

• Main Authors: Mazak, Edward John, MacIsaac, Hugh J., Servos, Mark Roy, Hesslein, Ray
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 1997
• Subjects: Biology; Life Sciences; Western Lake; Aythya marila; greater scaup
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/biologypub/1087; https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1133:IOFHOO]2.0.CO;2; https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/biologypub/article/2087/viewcontent/Mazak_et_al.___1997___Influence_of_Feeding_Habits_on_Organochlorine_Cont.pdf

Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are an important component of benthic communities in the Great Lakes and are exploited by a host of predators, including waterfowl. In this study, we analyze diet content and stable isotope and organochlorine contaminant patterns in Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis),...