Pesticide concentrations in snail kite eggs and nestlings in Florida
Condor
By: P.W. Sykes Jr.
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Abstract
From 1970-1977, unhatched snail kite eggs and young that were found dead at nests in Florida were analyzed by gas chromatography for residues of organochlorine pollutants. The 1970 and 1974 material showed measurable amounts of p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDD, p,p'-DDT, and dieldrin. Dieldrin and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) residues were less than 0.1 ppm in the eggs and were detected in only one sample of muscle tissue at 0.11 ppm. Concentrations in ppm wet weight of p,p'-DDE, p,p' DDD, p,p'-DDT, dieldrin, and PCB for two samples of muscle and three of brain tissue (all 1977 material) were not detected at the limit of quantification (0.05 ppm).
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Sykes, P., 1985, Pesticide concentrations in snail kite eggs and nestlings in Florida: Condor, v. 87, no. 3, p. 438-438, https://doi.org/10.2307/1367235.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Pesticide concentrations in snail kite eggs and nestlings in Florida |
| Series title | Condor |
| DOI | 10.2307/1367235 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford Academic |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 1 p. |
| First page | 438 |
| Last page | 438 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |