CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS AND EGGSHELL CHANGES IN RAPTORIAL AND FISH-EATING BIRDS

被引:364
作者
HICKEY, JJ
ANDERSON, DW
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[1] Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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10.1126/science.162.3850.271
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Catastrophic declines of three raptorial species in the United States have been accompanied by decreases in eggshell thickness that began in 1947, have amounted to 19 percent or more, and were identical to phenomena reported in Britain. In 1967, shell thickness in herring gull eggs from five states decreased with increases in chlorinated hydrocarbon residues.
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