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BIOENERGETICS-BASED MODELING OF INDIVIDUAL PCB CONGENERS IN NESTLING TREE SWALLOWS FROM TWO CONTAMINATED SITES ON THE UPPER HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK
Citation:
Nichols, J. W., Echols, Kathy R, D. E. Tillitt, Second, Anne L, AND McCarty, John P. BIOENERGETICS-BASED MODELING OF INDIVIDUAL PCB CONGENERS IN NESTLING TREE SWALLOWS FROM TWO CONTAMINATED SITES ON THE UPPER HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 38:6234-6239, (2004).
Impact/Purpose:
To establish a quantitative linkage between PCB concentrations in nestling tree swallows and the insects they consume
Description:
Together, these two papers establish a quantitative linkage between PCB concentrations in nestling tree swallows and in the insects that they consume. As such, these papers provide strong support for the use of nestling swallows as a biomonitoring species for exposure assessment of hydrophobic organic chemicals contained in aquatic sediments.