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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Citation:

Growth and develoment of nestling brown pelicans

Author(s)
Schreiber, Ralph W.
Pages
19-39
Year
Issue
1
Volume
47
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Growth Rate see figure daily growth rates of wild nestlings Not Reported Nestling varied Tarpon Key Exposure Factor Datasets
Food Ingestion Rate percent of body weight consumed daily during maintenance of adult weight Not Reported Both Adults and Juveniles 4 birds Tarpon Key Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean body weight of captive adult g Not Reported Adult 1 bird Tarpon Key Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Weight growth of young double-crested cormorants in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec

Author(s)
Desgranges, Jean-Luc
Pages
79-86
Year
Volume
5
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Clutch or Litter Size 3.2 mean clutch size among successful nests eggs Female Adult 32 nests St. Lawrence estuary Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.2 SE
Hatching Success 2.8 proportion of eggs hatched per nest among successful nests eggs/nest Both Male and Female Hatchling 32 nests St. Lawrence estuary Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.2 SE

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Citation:

Environmental influences on the energetics and behavior of anhingas and double-crested cormorants

Author(s)
Henneman, Willard W., III
Pages
201-216
Year
Issue
2
Volume
56
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Metabolic Rate 74 measured at night over temperature range -10 to 45 C cm^3 O2/g BW/hr Not Reported Both Adults and Juveniles 5 cormorants Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Metabolic Rate minimal metabolic rate measured over a range of incident radiation (0-700 watts/m^2) cm^3 O2/g BW/hr Not Reported Both Adults and Juveniles 5 cormorants Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Comparison of total mercury levels in relation to diet and molt for nine species of marine birds

Author(s)
Braune, Birgit M.
Pages
217-224
Year
Volume
16
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Dietary Composition herring (25%), sculpin (92%), flounder (8%), anemones (8%), snails (17%), mussels (33%), amphipods (25%), isopods (17%), benthic shrimp (25%), crabs (25%), bryozoans (58%), algae (50%) frequency of occurrence of food items in stomach contents Not Reported Both Adults and Juveniles 12 stomachs Quoddy Region, New Brunswick Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Growth, body components and energy content of nestling double-crested cormorants

Author(s)
Dunn, Erica H.
Pages
431-438
Year
Volume
77
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Growth Rate 0.208 K; index of rate at which asymptotic weight is being gained Not Reported Nestling 1-52/sample day Duck Island, Isle of Shoals Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean 1900 asymptotic weight of nestlings g Not Reported Nestling Not Reported Duck Island, Isle of Shoals Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Brood size and chick position as factors influencing feeding frequency, growth, and survival of nestling double-crested cormorants, Phalacrocorax auritus

Author(s)
Leger, Claire and Raymond McNeil
Pages
351-361
Year
Issue
3
Volume
101
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Growth Rate 0.120 rate of growth from hatch to fledge Not Reported Juvenile 33 chicks Iles de la Madeleine Archipelago, Gulf of St. Lawrence Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.017 SD
Body Weight - Mean 34.7 g Not Reported Hatchling 33 chicks Iles de la Madeleine Archipelago, Gulf of St. Lawrence Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 2.96 SD
Body Weight - Mean 1900.5 mean asymptotic weight of fledglings g Not Reported Fledgling 33 chicks Iles de la Madeleine Archipelago, Gulf of St. Lawrence Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 189.8 SD
Citation:

Foods of nestling double-crested cormorants in Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA: Temporal and spatial comparisons

Author(s)
Blackwell, Bradley F., William B. Krohn and R. Bradford Allen
Pages
199-208
Year
Issue
2
Volume
18
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition sculpin, rock gunnel, blueback herring, alewife, wrymouth, sand shrimp, cunner, American eel, rock crab, N. Caridean shrimp, sand shrimp, white perch, yellow perch, rainbow smelt, N. lobster, Atlantic tomcod primary dietary items from nestling regurgitant samples Not Reported Nestling 673 samples Penobscot Bay Exposure Factor Datasets

Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

Citation:

Body composition of female mallards in winter in relation to annual cycle events

Author(s)
Heitmeyer, Mickey E.
Pages
669-680
Year
Volume
90
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error
Body Fat (total or %) 168 g (lipid) Female Both Adults and Juveniles 32 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets initiation prebasic molt 8 SE
Body Weight - Mean 1,137 g Female Both Adults and Juveniles 12 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets alternate plumage - early migrants, unpaired 30 SE
Body Fat (total or %) 141 g (lipid) Female Both Adults and Juveniles 24 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets early prebasic moltf 13 SE
Body Weight - Mean 1,083 g Female Both Adults and Juveniles 9 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets alternate plumage, early migrants, unpaired 37 SE
Body Fat (total or %) 110 g (lipid) Female Both Adults and Juveniles 26 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets middle prebasic molt 11 SE
Body Weight - Mean 1,085 g Female Both Adults and Juveniles 29 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets alternate plumage, paired 18 SE
Body Fat (total or %) 188 g (lipid) Female Both Adults and Juveniles 23 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets late prebasic molt 13 SE
Citation:

Habitat use and home range of mallards breeding in Minnesota

Author(s)
Gilmer, David S., I.J. Ball, Lewis M. Cowardin, John H. Riechmann and John R. Tester
Pages
781-789
Year
Issue
4
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Home Range 210 Study area was 67% upland forest, 33% lakes and wetlands. ha Female Adult 12 western edge of Chippewa National Forest, Beltrami Co. Exposure Factor Datasets breeding
Home Range 240 Study area was 67% upland forest, 33% lakes and wetlands. ha Male Adult 12 western edge of Chippewa National Forest, Beltrami Co. Exposure Factor Datasets breeding
Home Range 135 Study area was 67% upland forest, 33% lakes and wetlands. ha Female Adult 8 western edge of Chippewa National Forest, Beltrami County Exposure Factor Datasets during the pre-nest interval
Home Range 70 Study area was 67% upland forest, 33% lakes and wetlands. ha Female Adult 8 western edge of Chippewa National Forest, Beltrami Co. Exposure Factor Datasets during the laying period
Citation:

Homing and reproductive habits of mallards, gadwalls, and blue-winged teal

Author(s)
Lokemoen, John T., Harold F. Duebbert and David E. Sharp
Pages
1-28
Year
Volume
106
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Condition Error
Clutch or Litter Size 8.96 eggs Adult 78 prairie pothole region of North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets after second year 1.38 SE
Population Density 3.62 breeding pairs/km2 Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Koenig study area Exposure Factor Datasets during breeding season
Population Density 4.72 breeding pairs/km2 Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Woodworth study area Exposure Factor Datasets during breeding season
Fledging or Weaning Rate 1.51 fully feathered young/hen Not Reported Juvenile 74 hens prairie pothole region of North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Migration or Dispersal late February/early March (begin) to mid April (end) southern part of U.S. breeding range Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 61 These are average survival rates. For breakdown by region, see table 16, p. 27. % Male Adult not reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Migration or Dispersal mid-October (begin) to December (end) southern part of U.S. breeding range Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 56 These are average survival rates. For breakdown by region, see table 16, p. 27. % Female Adult not reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size eggs Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 47 These are average survival rates. For breakdown by region, see table 16, p. 27. % Male Juvenile not reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutches or Litters per year 1 Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 46 These are average survival rates. For breakdown by region, see table 16, p. 27. % Female Juvenile not reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Movements and habitat use of mallard broods in northeastern California

Author(s)
Mauser, David M., Robert L. Jarvis and David S. Gilmer
Pages
88-94
Year
Issue
1
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 0.62 For 1990. Home range defined as area that broods restricted their activities to during rearing period. km2 Not Reported Nestling 14 broods Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 0.21 SE
Citation:

Mallard mortality rates on key breeding and wintering areas

Author(s)
Blohm, R.J., R.E. Reynolds, J.P. Bladen, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines, K.H. Pollock, and R.T. Eberhardt
Pages
264-284
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Survival/ Mortality 0.782 fall-winter survival (proportion) Male Adult 18,650 Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Survival/ Mortality 0.961 fall-winter survival (proportion) Female Adult 16,562 Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

A nesting study of ducks and coots on Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges

Author(s)
Miller, A.W. and B.D. Collins
Pages
17-37
Year
Issue
1
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Hatching Success 85.2% proportion of observed nests with at least one successful hatch Female Adult 209 Tule Lake and Lower Klamath River National Wildlife Refuges Exposure Factor Datasets Modoc, Siskiyou
Time of Nesting April-September period between first observed nest to last observed hatches Female Adult 209 Tule Lake and Lower Klamath River National Wildlife Refuges Exposure Factor Datasets Modoc, Siskiyou
Clutch or Litter Size 8.9 mean clutch size of successful nests eggs Female Adult 178 Tule Lake and Lower Klamath River National Wildlife Refuges Exposure Factor Datasets Modoc, Siskiyou
Hatching Success 91.4% Mean hatch success of successful nests Female Adult 178 Tule Lake and Lower Klamath River National Wildlife Refuges Exposure Factor Datasets Modoc, Siskiyou
Citation:

Survival and nest success of sympatric female mallards, Anas platyrynchos, and American black ducks, Anas rubripes, breeding in a forested environment

Author(s)
Dwyer, Chris P. and Guy A. Baldassare
Pages
213-216
Year
Issue
2
Volume
107
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 28 d Female Adult 18 Adirondack Mountains Exposure Factor Datasets
Hatching Success 67% proportion of tagged females that hatched clutches Female Adult 18 Adirondack Mountains Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 88% survival of tagged females over the breeding period Female Adult 22 Adirondack Mountains Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Temporal and geographic estimates of survival and recovery rates for the mallard, 1950 through 1985.

Author(s)
Chu, D.S. and J.B. Hestbeck
Pages
57
Publisher
U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Technical Report 20
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Survival/ Mortality 0.6279 survival estimates for birds banded 1966-1985 Male Adult 18,289 Northern California Exposure Factor Datasets 0.009 (SE)
Survival/ Mortality 0.5664 survival estimates for birds banded 1972-1981 Male Adult 776 Central California Exposure Factor Datasets 0.0263 (SE)
Survival/ Mortality 0.5390 survival estimates for birds banded 1966-1985 Male Juvenile 11,372 Northern California Exposure Factor Datasets 0.0228 (SE)
Survival/ Mortality 0.3948 survival estimates for birds banded 1972-1981 Male Juvenile 1,396 Central California Exposure Factor Datasets 0.0458 (SE)
Citation:

Production of mallards on irrigated land in the Sacramento Valley

Author(s)
Earl, John P.
Pages
23
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Time of Nesting April-June time from earliest clutch laid to last clutch hatched Female Adult Not Reported Conaway Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo breeding
Hatching Success 52 proportion of nests that hatched at least one egg % Female Adult 60 nests Conaway Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo breeding
Clutch or Litter Size 8.37 mean clutch size eggs Female Adult 40 nests Conaway Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo breeding
Population Density 0.72 ducks/acre Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Conaway Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo non-breeding
Citation:

Mallard duckling growth and survival in relation to aquatic invertebrates

Author(s)
Cox, Robert R., Jr., Mark A. Hanson, Christianne C. Roy, Ned H. Euliss, Jr., Douglas H. Johnson and Malcolm G. Butler
Pages
124-133
Year
Volume
62
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error
Survival/ Mortality 0.84 mean 17-day survival rate Not Reported Juvenile 223 Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown (46deg53'N, 98deg38'W) Exposure Factor Datasets 17 d 0.025 SE
Citation:

Survival of radio-marked mallard ducklings in northeastern California

Author(s)
Mauser, David M., Robert L. Jarvis and David S. Gilmer
Pages
82-87
Year
Issue
1
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Survival/ Mortality 0.181 Survival estimates determined using the Kaplan-Meier method Not Reported Chick 36 Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 10 days
Survival/ Mortality 0.366 Survival estimates determined using the Kaplan-Meier method Not Reported Chick 41 Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 10 days
Survival/ Mortality 0.366 Survival estimates determined using the Kaplan-Meier method Not Reported Chick 41 Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 50 days
Citation:

Spring-summer survival rates of yearling versus adult mallard females

Author(s)
Reynolds, Ronald E., Robert J. Blohm, James D. Nichols and James E. Hines
Pages
691-696
Year
Issue
4
Volume
59
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Survival/ Mortality 0.574 spring-summer survival (proportion) Female Adult 11,139 Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.053 SE
Survival/ Mortality 0.728 spring-summer survival (proportion) Female Yearling 1,246 Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.079 (SE)
Citation:

The mallard: Its management in western Montana

Author(s)
Girard, G. L.
Pages
233-259
Year
Volume
5
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 28 d Both Male and Female Embryo Not Reported lower Flathead Valley Exposure Factor Datasets

Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus formerly Charadrius alexandrinus)

Citation:

Breeding biology of a kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrius) population in an inland saline lake

Author(s)
Fraga, Rosendo M., and Juan A. Amat
Pages
69-85
Year
Issue
1
Volume
43
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Clutch or Litter Size 2.69 (1991), 2.54 (1992) mean numbers of chicks hatched per successful nest chicks/nest Both Male and Female Hatchling 26 (1991), 35 (1992) nests Fuente de Piedra lake, s. Spain Exposure Factor Datasets SPAIN
Growth Rate 0.105 growth rate g/day per g body mass Both Male and Female Juvenile 42 Fuente de Piedra lake, s. Spain Exposure Factor Datasets SPAIN

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Citation:

Population estimates of breeding birds in North Dakota

Author(s)
Stewart, Robert E., and Harold A. Kantrud
Pages
766-788
Year
Volume
89
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 3.26 (24) mean density of breeding birds (maximum density in parentheses) pairs/square mile Both Male and Female Adult 130 sample units (160 acres/unit) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Longevity records of North American birds: Gaviidae through Alcidae

Author(s)
Clapp, Roger B., M. Kathleen Klimkiewicz and John H. Kennard
Pages
81-124
Year
Issue
2
Volume
53
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Longevity 10-11 from USFWS Bird Banding Laboratory data yr-mo Not Reported Adult 86 band recoveries Exposure Factor Datasets USA
Citation:

Bird nesting in Iowa no-tillage and tilled cropland

Author(s)
Basore, Nancy S., Louis B. Best, and James B. Wooley, Jr.
Pages
19-28
Year
Issue
1
Volume
50
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 1(+/-2) to 5 (+/-6) mean nest densities in untilled corn or soybean fields nests/100 ha Both Male and Female Adult 8-9 fields Adair County Exposure Factor Datasets

California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis ssp. californicus)

Citation:

Brown pelicans in central and northern California

Author(s)
Briggs, Kenneth T., Wm. Breck Tyler, David B. Lewis, Paul R. Kelly and Donald A. Croll
Pages
353-373
Year
Issue
4
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Population Density 0.23 mean density at sea off central and northern coast birds/km^2 Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 3 years central and northern coast Exposure Factor Datasets 0.23 SE

California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris ssp. obsoletus)

Citation:

Breeding biology of the California clapper rail in South San Francisco Bay

Author(s)
Harvey, Thomas E.
Pages
98-104
Year
Volume
24
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Mating/ Laying late March beginning of lay Both Male and Female Hatchling Not Reported south San Francisco Bay Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda
Population Density 1.47 mean breeding density based on rope drag and call count data birds/ha Both Male and Female Adult 68 ha south San Francisco Bay-Dumbarton Point Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda
Population Density 0.89 mean breeding density based on rope drag and call count data birds/ha Both Male and Female Adult 117 ha south San Francisco Bay - Mowry Slough Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda
Population Density 0.69 mean breeding density based on rope drag and call count data birds/ha Both Male and Female Adult 55 ha south San Francisco Bay - Ideal Marsh Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda

Yuma Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris ssp. yumanensis)

Citation:

Seasonal changes in Yuma clapper rail vocalization rate and habitat use

Author(s)
Conway, Courtney J., William R. Eddlemen, Stanley H. Anderson and Louis R. Hanebury
Pages
282-290
Year
Issue
2
Volume
56
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 8 mean home range size ha Not Reported Adult 5 birds lower Colorado River Valley Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 7 mean home range size ha Not Reported Adult 18 birds lower Colorado River Valley Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 15 mean home range size ha Not Reported Adult 16 birds lower Colorado River Valley Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 9 mean home range size ha Not Reported Adult 4 birds lower Colorado River Valley Exposure Factor Datasets

Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus ssp. nivosus formerly Charadrius alexandrinus ssp. nivosus)

Citation:

Status and breeding biology of the snowy plover charadrius alexandrius in California

Author(s)
Page, Gary W. and Lynne E. Stenzel
Pages
38-39
Year
Volume
27
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Fledging or Weaning Rate 2.0 number of young fledged per successful brood fledglings/brood Not Reported Fledgling 35 nests Point Reyes Exposure Factor Datasets Marin
Citation:

Mating system and reproductive success of a small population of polygamous snowy plovers

Author(s)
Warriner, John S., Jane C. Warriner, Gary W. Page and Lynne E. Stenzel
Pages
15-37
Year
Issue
1
Volume
98
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Fledging or Weaning Rate 92.7 percent of 16 day old chicks that fledged % Not Reported Juvenile 124 birds Pajaro River Mouth Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Hatching Success 58.2 percent of clutches in which at least one egg hatched (over six years) % Not Reported Hatchling 189 nests Pajaro River Mouth Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Hatching Success 55.2 percent of all eggs that hatched (over 6 years) % Not Reported Hatchling 534 eggs Pajaro River Mouth Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Fledging or Weaning Rate percent of hatched chicks that fledged (over 6 years) d Not Reported Fledgling 296 chicks Pajaro River Mouth Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Citation:

Distribution, abundance, and nesting characteristics of Snowy Plovers on the Oregon Coast

Author(s)
Wilson-Jacobs, Ruth and E. Charles Meslow
Pages
40-48
Year
Issue
1
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying April, May months of peak nest initiation activity, 2 years Both Male and Female Adult 2-15 nests/colony/year coast Exposure Factor Datasets
Hatching Success 13 proportion of nests with at least one egg hatching % Not Reported Hatchling 72 nests coast Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Spacing out at Mono Lake: Breeding success, nest density, and predation in the snowy plover

Author(s)
Page, Gary W., Lynne E. Stenzel, David W. Winkler and Christopher W. Swarth
Pages
13-24
Year
Volume
100
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Nesting April 18 to July 6 period between beginning of egg laying and observation of first fledgling for one year Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Mono Lake (elev. 1,940 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 26.9 incubation period d Both Male and Female Embryo 9 nests Mono Lake (elev. 1,940 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono
Time of Mating/ Laying April 18 to July 15 period of time from beginning to end of egg laying for one year Female Adult 9 nests Mono Lake (elev. 1,940 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono

California Least Tern (Sterna antillarum ssp. browni)

Citation:

Second wave nesting of the California least tern: age composition and reproductive success

Author(s)
Massey, Barbara W. and Jonathon L. Atwood
Pages
596-605
Year
Volume
98
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Fledging or Weaning Rate 0.50 (first wave), 0.58 (second wave) mean number of fledglings produced per nesting pair fledglings/pair Not Reported Fledgling 10 nests (first wave), 33 nests (second wave) NASA Island, Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets Orange
Hatching Success 100% (first wave), 82% (second wave) proportions of eggs hatched of eggs laid Not Reported Hatchling 54 eggs (second wave) NASA Island, Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets Orange
Clutch or Litter Size 2.33 (first wave), 1.70 (second wave) average clutch sizes for early and late nesters eggs/clutch Female Adult 10 nests (first wave), 33 nests (second wave) NASA Island, Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets Orange
Age at Sexual Maturity 2 age of birds nesting for the first time yr Both Male and Female Adult 10 pairs NASA Island, Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets Orange
Citation:

Renesting by California least terns

Author(s)
Massey, Barbara W. and Jack M. Fancher
Pages
350-357
Year
Issue
3
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Survival/ Mortality 17/32 to 33/33 range of numbers of clutches lost of total numbers of clutches in a colony Not Reported Chick, Embryo 7 colonies, 8 years coast Exposure Factor Datasets Los Angeles, Orange
Citation:

Demography of a California least tern colony including effects of the 1982-83 El Nino

Author(s)
Massey, Barbara W., David W. Bradley and Jonathon L. Atwood
Pages
976-983
Year
Volume
94
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Fledging or Weaning Rate average number of fledglings produced per pair, over 13 years fledglings/pair Not Reported Fledgling 35-165 pairs/year Venice (beach) Exposure Factor Datasets Los Angeles
Fledging or Weaning Rate average number of fledglings produced per pair, over 13 years fledglings/pair Not Reported Fledgling 775-1,264 pairs/year statewide Exposure Factor Datasets
Age at Sexual Maturity 2 earliest age at which adults were known to breed for the first time yr Not Reported Adult 186 birds Venice (beach) Exposure Factor Datasets Los Angeles
Citation:

Reproduction and breeding success of California least terns in Jalisco, Mexico

Author(s)
Garcia, Andres, and Gerardo Ceballos
Pages
1084-1087
Year
Volume
97
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Fledging or Weaning Rate range of fledging rates, 2 years fledglings/nests Not Reported Fledgling 16-58 nests/year Cuixmala Beach [19 deg, 22'14"N, 104 deg 59'31"W] Exposure Factor Datasets MEXICO
Hatching Success range of egg hatching rates, 2 years % Not Reported Hatchling 16-58 nests/year Cuixmala Beach [19 deg, 22'14"N, 104 deg 59'31"W] Exposure Factor Datasets MEXICO

Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

Citation:

Estimation and testing of parametersin Richard's growth model for western grebes

Author(s)
White, Gary C. and John T. Ratti
Pages
315-323
Year
Volume
41
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Growth Rate -0.1321 growth rate coefficient estimate based on Richard's growth model Both Male and Female Juvenile 4 birds Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (collection site) Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean estimated initial weights g Both Male and Female Juvenile 4 birds Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (collection site) Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean estimates of asymptotic weights g Both Male and Female Juvenile 4 birds Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (collection site) Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Western grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis, wintering biology and contaminant accumulation in Commencement Bay, Puget Sound, Washington

Author(s)
Henny, Charles J., Lawrence J. Blus and Robert A. Grove
Pages
460-472
Year
Issue
3
Volume
104
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean range of mean body weights g Male Both Adults and Juveniles 18 birds Commencement Bay Exposure Factor Datasets
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