TA2 Wildlife Toxicology
Ballroom F, Level 4
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Tuesday, 11 November 2003
Chair: Rudis, Deborah ,

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171 Mortality of fish-eating birds on former farms at Lake Apopka, Florida. Conrow, R1, Coveney, M1, Lowe, E1, Marzolf, E1, Spalding, M2, 1 St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL, USA2 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

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172 Pesticide toxicosis in birds at Lake Apopka, Florida: remaining uncertainties. Lowe, E1, Conrow, R1, Schell, J2, Coveney, M1, Marzolf, E1, Richter, S1, Gross, T3, Sepulveda, M3, 1 St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL, USA2 BBL Sciences, Tallahassee, FL, USA3 USGS, Gainesville, FL, USA

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173 Plasma to Egg Conversion Factor for Nondestructive Contaminant Exposure Assessment/Long-term Monitoring of Raptor Populations. Strause, K.1, Zwiernik, M.1, Kay, D.1, Blankenship, A.1, Bradley, W.1, Moseley, P.1, Park, C.1, Im, S.2, Giesy, J.1, 1 Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, USA2 Pohang University, Pohang City, S. Korea

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174 A Comprehensive Evaluation of Contaminant Exposure and Reproduction in Delaware Bay Ospreys. Rattner, B1, Toschik, P2, McGowan, P3, Broderick, E1, Christman, M2, Ottinger, M2, Carter, D4, 1 USGS-Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, USA2 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA3 Chesapeake Bay Field Office, FWS, Annapolis, MD, USA4 Delaware Coastal Management Program, State of Delaware, Dover, DE, USA

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175A Mercury-related neurochemical changes in wild mink: Significance to physiology, ecology, and risk assessment. Basu, N1, Gamberg, M2, Klenavic, K3, O’Brien, M4, Evans, D3, Scheuhammer, A5, Chan, H6, 7, 1 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada2 Gamberg Consulting, Whitehorse, YK, Canada3 Department of Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada4 Furbearers and Upland Game, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Kentville, NS, Canada5 Canadian Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Research Center, Ottawa, ON, Canada6 Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada7 Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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176 Annual patterns of mercury concentrations in nestling Wood Storks in Georgia, USA: 1997 - 2003. Bryan, A1, Brant, H1, Romanek, C1, Jagoe, C1, Gariboldi, J1, Snodgrass, J1, 2, 1 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, USA2 Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

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177 Contaminant-associated alterations in lymphocyte proliferation in herring gulls, Caspian terns and black-crowned night herons from the Great Lakes. Lavoie, E1, Grasman, K1, Fox, G2, 1 Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA2 Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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178 Metal Concentrations and Biomarker Responses in Eider Ducks in the Canadian Arctic. Wayland, M.1, Gilchrist, H.G.2, Marchant, T.3, Smits, J.E.G.4, 1 Environment Canada, Prairie & Northern Region, Saskatoon, SK, Canada2 Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, Yellowknife, NT, Canada3 University of Saskatchewan, Dep't. of Biology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada4 University of Saskatchewan, Toxicology Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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179 The effects of DDE and current-use pesticides on songbirds breeding in orchards. Gill, H1, Elliott, J1, 2, Bishop, C2, Cheng, K1, Williams, T3, 1 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada2 Canadian Wildlife Service, Delta, BC, Canada3 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

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180 Optimizing observer effort for field detection of reproductive effects in birds. Etterson, M1, Bennett, R1, 1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN, USA

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