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Organochlorine chemicals in northern cardinal eggs from suburban Washington, DC USA

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2008-05-01
End Date
2008-05-31

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Schmitt, C.J., Echols, K.R., Peterman, P.H., Orazio, C.E., Grim, C., Tan, S., Diggs, N.E., and Marra, P.P., 2018, Organochlorine chemicals in northern cardinal eggs from suburban Washington, DC USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F76W999M.

Summary

Analysis of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in northern cardinal eggs from six neighborhoods near Washington, DC

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Attributes_of_northern_cardinal_eggs.txt 1.46 KB text/plain
Concentration_of_organochlorine_pesticides_and_related_compounds_in_northern_cardinal_eggs.txt 2.89 KB text/plain
Concentration_of_polychlorinated_biphenyl_congeners_in_northern_cardinal_eggs.txt 3.25 KB text/plain

Purpose

Results support the use of Northern Cardinal eggs for monitoring and assessing localized contaminant sources and that wildlife, and likely people, remain exposed to legacy contaminants in suburban neighborhoods.

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  • Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F76W999M

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