Long term trends and sources of organochlorine contamination in Canadian tundra peregrine falcons, Falco peregrinus tundrius

Author(s)

Johnstone, Robin M., Gordon S. Court, Adrian C. Fesser, D. Mark Bradley, Lynn W. Oliphant, and James D. MacNeil

Year

Mon, 01/01/1996 - 12:00

Article Title

Long term trends and sources of organochlorine contamination in Canadian tundra peregrine falcons, Falco peregrinus tundrius

Volume

Issue

Pages

109-120

Start Page Number

109

Final Page

120

Review

Datapoints

Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 datapoints.

Species: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Chemical	Toxicity Endpoint Type	Endpoint Description	Endpoint Value	Sample Size	Life Cycle Stage	Study Duration	Specific Location	Type
DDE (4,4'-), DIELDRIN, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS	TOX-EXP IND - accumulation	geometric mean (range) residues in eggs, ppm, wet wt	8.31 (1.67-45.63; PCBs); 4.45 (0.76-28.05; DDE); 0.36 (0.05-1.80; dieldrin)	20 eggs	Adult	1991-1994	Rankin Inlet	Toxicity Factor Datasets
DDE (4,4'-), DIELDRIN, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS	TOX-REPRO - physiology	percent eggshell thinning compared with pre-DDT reference eggs	15%	20 eggs	Adult	1991-1994	Rankin Inlet	Toxicity Factor Datasets
DDE (4,4'-), DIELDRIN, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS	TOX-EXP IND - accumulation	geometric mean residues (range) in plasma, ppm, wet wt of nestlings	0.12 (0-2.59; PCBs); 0.06 (0-2.70; DDE); ND (0-0.06; dieldrin)	79 nestlings	Juvenile	1991-1994	Rankin Inlet	Toxicity Factor Datasets
DDE (4,4'-), DIELDRIN, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS	TOX-EXP IND - accumulation	geometric mean residues (range) in plasma, ppm, wet wt of adult birds	males: 0.15 (0-3.27; PCBs); 0.31 (0.05-1.95; DDE); 0.03 (0-0.30; dieldrin) females: 0.87 (0-6.82; PCBs); 0.63 (0-4.23; DDE); 0.04 (0-0.37; dieldrin)	26 males, 34 females	Adult	1991-1994	Rankin Inlet	Toxicity Factor Datasets
DDE (4,4'-), DIELDRIN, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS	TOX-EXP IND - accumulation	range of residues in liver and breast muscle (ppm, wet wt) of 22-31 day old nestlings found dead	liver: 1.58-59.45, PCBs; 0.99-18.84, DDE; 0.06-0.79, dieldrin breast: 0.35-57.30, PCBs; 0.30-16.95, DDE; 0-0.19, dieldrin	7 birds	Juvenile	1991-1994	Rankin Inlet	Toxicity Factor Datasets

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