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UMESC - Wildlife Toxicology - Study site locations: Massachusetts - Reproductive success
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Wildlife Toxicology

Study site locations: Massachusetts - Reproductive success

There was a significant negative association (logistic) between egg concentrations of PCBs and hatching success of that clutch. PCBs in this system were contaminated with dioxins and furans that may have accounted for a significant proportion of the toxicity.

 

Reproductive success graph
   

Custer, C.M., T. W. Custer, P. M. Dummer, and K. L. Munney. 2003.  Exposure and effects of chemical contaminants on tree swallows nesting along the Housatonic River, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA, 1998-2000. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22:1605-1621. (Abstract)


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