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GS22 Effects of Pollution and Contaminants on Birds


Session Organizer(s):
Michael Fry

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Oral Presentations

10:00
Adams, E M ; Frederick, P C SUBLETHAL EFFECTS OF CHRONIC METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE ON FORAGING BEHAVIOR IN JUVENILE WHITE IBISES (EUDOCIMUS ALBUS)

10:15
Brasso, R L ; Jefferson-George, R ; Cristol, D A THE EFFECTS OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION ON THE NESTING SUCCESS OF TREE SWALLOWS (TACHYCINETA BICOLOR)

10:30
Sorenson, K J ; Burnett, L J LEAD CONCENTRATIONS IN BLOOD OF CALIFORNIA CONDORS RELEASED IN BIG SUR CALIFORNIA

10:45
White, A E ; Koebley, S R ; Cristol, D A USING BIRDS AS BIOINDICATORS OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION IN THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SOUTH RIVER, VIRGINIA

11:00
WOODBRIDGE, B ; BRIGGS, C W ; COLLOPY, M W SURVIVAL RATES OF CALIFORNIA SWAINSON'S HAWKS CORRELATED WITH PESTICIDE USE AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN ARGENTINA

11:15
Tsao Melcer, D C ; Takekawa, J Y ; Miles, A K ; Woo, I SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF METHYLMERCURY EXPOSURE IN CALIFORNIA BLACK RAILS ALONG THE PETALUMA RIVER, CALIFORNIA.

11:30
Wilson, H M ; Flint, P L ; Moran, C L ; Powell, A N ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TRACE ELEMENTS: SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY AND DEMOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS FOR PACIFIC COMMON EIDERS

11:45
Hopkins, W A ; Hopkins, L B ; Unrine, J ; Snodgrass, J ; Elliot, J D MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN TISSUES OF OSPREY FROM THE CAROLINAS, USA

12:00
Rivera Rodríguez, L B ; Rodríguez-Estrella, R QUANTIFICATION OF ORGANOCHLORINATED PESTICIDES IN BIRDS FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR THROUGH THE USE OF VERY SMALL VOLUMES OF SERUM (< 100µL)

12:15
Takekawa, J Y ; De La Cruz, S W ; Eagles-Smith, C ; Adelsbach, T ; Ackerman, J T ; Heinz, G ; Schwarzbach, S ; Suchanek, T ; Miles, A K MERCURY IN BIRDS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY-DELTA: TROPHIC PATHWAYS, BIOACCUMULATION AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISK TO AVIAN REPRODUCTION