The decline of brown pelicans on the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast

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dc.acquisition-srcILLen_US
dc.call-noAcc# 8728en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorKing, K.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFlickinger, E.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHildebrand, H.H.en_US
dc.contributor.otherThe Southwest Naturalisten_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:33:55Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:33:55Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 417-431en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractSince 1920, the population of brown pelicans has significantly decreased in Texas and Louisiana. With a population of 50000 to 85000 in Louisiana and 5000 in Texas, the brown pelican has diminished to less than 100 in Texas. Originally, mortality was attributed to hunters and fishermen as well as hurricanes, disease, and freezing weather. In the 1960s, mortality was attributed to pesticides found in fish. This resulted in poor reproductive success caused by shell thinning.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/25787
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeen_US
dc.publisheren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries8728.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectpesticidesen_US
dc.subjectbrown pelicanen_US
dc.subjectPelecanus occidentalis carolinensisen_US
dc.subjectPelecanus occidentalis californicusen_US
dc.subjectdichlorodiphenylethylene (DDE)en_US
dc.titleThe decline of brown pelicans on the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coasten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issue21(4)en_US

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