Title: Habitat, population dynamics, and metal levels in colonial waterbirds : a food chain approach /
Authors: Burger, Joanna.; Gochfeld, Michael.
Year: 2016
Subjects: Water birds Ecology Northeastern States.; Colonial birds Ecology Northeastern States.; Water birds Effect of metals on Northeastern States.; Colonial birds Effect of metals on Northeastern States.; Estuarine ecology Northeastern States.
Contents: Introduction to Barnegat Bay and northeast estuaries. Introduction ; Barnegat Bay and other northeast estuaries ; Species, methods, and approaches -- Habitat and populations dynamics. Habitat ; Population trends of colonial waterbirds in Barnegat Bay ; Population trends of colonial waterbirds in other northeast bays ; Global warming, sea level rise, and suitable nesting and foraging habitat -- Metals. Overview of ecotoxicology for birds ; Effects of metals in birds ; Heavy metals in fish, lower trophic levels, and passerine birds ; Heavy metal levels in terns and black skimmers ; Heavy metal levels in gulls ; Heavy metal levels in herons, egrets, night-herons, and ibises -- Implications, conclusions, and the future. Heavy metals, trophic levels, food chains, and future risks ; Colonial waterbirds : the future.