Evaluation of Contaminants in Black-Crowned Night Heron Eggs from Barnstable County, MA and Richmond County, NY.

摘要

Our primary objective was to conduct a screening level survey to determine if organochlorines, as exist in eggs recovered from two selected colonies, could be correlated with either the nestling lesions as seen in the Cape Cod colony, or the decreased productivity of the Newark Bay colony. Our secondary objective was to assess the potential contaminant burden that could be expected in the Nantucket/Cape Cod bay area as a potential restoration area for the endangered Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii).