Industrial, agricultural, and petroleum contaminants in cormorants wintering near the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, USA

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dc.acquisition-srcILL completed for Dr. Parmer, TNRCC, working on contaminants subjecten_US
dc.call-noAcc#1377 - Box#6en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorKing, K.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStafford, C.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCain, B.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMueller, A.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHall, H.D.en_US
dc.contributor.otherColonial Waterbirdsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:49:52Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:49:52Z
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpgs. 93-99en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractDouble-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) collected in the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, USA, in November shortly after their fall migration contained residues of several industrial, agricultural, and petroleum contaminants including polychlorinated styrenes (PCS's), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's), DDE, and petroleum hydrocarbons. PCS concentrations in over-wintering birds collected in late February were three times higher than those in birds collected in November. PCB and petroleum concentrations remained at about the same level throughout the 3-month winter period. Petroleum hydrocarbons were present in all cormorants and residues in some individuals exceeded 25 ppm (wet weight). Mean DDE residues in samples collected in November and February were less than 1 ppm. Low concentrations of five other organochlorine compounds, not detected in cormorants collected in November, were recovered in birds collected in February.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.history3/2/05 eas; 20-Sep-2000 (lb)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19124
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Archives Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeDe Leon Springs, FLen_US
dc.publisherThe Colonial Waterbird Groupen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1377.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectpolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)en_US
dc.titleIndustrial, agricultural, and petroleum contaminants in cormorants wintering near the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, USAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issuev.10, no.1en_US

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