Status and assessment of Chesapeake Bay wildlife contamination
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6616006
As an integral component of its priority setting process, the Chesapeake Bay Program's Toxics Subcommittee has sought the expertise of Chesapeake Bay researchers and managers in developing a series of Chesapeake Bay toxics status and assessment papers. In the report, evidence for historical and current contaminant effects on key bird species, mammals, reptiles and amphibians which inhabit the Chesapeake Bay basin is examined. For each group of wildlife species, a general overview of effects caused by specific toxic substances is followed by detailed accounts of contaminant effects on selected species.
- Research Organization:
- Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6616006
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-167559/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540210* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
540310 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
AMPHIBIANS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAYS
BIRDS
CHESAPEAKE BAY
CHLORINE
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COASTAL WATERS
DUCKS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FOWL
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INSECTICIDES
KEPONE
LEAD
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
METALS
MONITORING
NONMETALS
OIL SPILLS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
REPTILES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
TOXIC MATERIALS
TURTLES
VERTEBRATES
WATER POLLUTION
540210* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
540310 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
AMPHIBIANS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAYS
BIRDS
CHESAPEAKE BAY
CHLORINE
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COASTAL WATERS
DUCKS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FOWL
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INSECTICIDES
KEPONE
LEAD
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
METALS
MONITORING
NONMETALS
OIL SPILLS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
REPTILES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
TOXIC MATERIALS
TURTLES
VERTEBRATES
WATER POLLUTION