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Unintended Consequences: Impacts of Contaminants on Birds
For wildlife rehabilitators, lead poisoning and exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides have become all too common diagnoses for their patients, especially birds of prey. These contaminants permeate the food chain and ecosystems, leading to widespread impacts.
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Secrets of the Marsh – What the Birds Don’t Know Might Be Killing Them
Selenium is an increasingly common toxin found within N.A. wetlands due to its accumulation in agricultural drainage water. Researchers are studying the impacts of this contaminant on the endangered Yuma Ridgway’s Rail.
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Pharmaceutical Diclofenac found in Wading Bird Eggs
Human and livestock pharmaceuticals are increasingly entering ecosystems as contaminants, leading to a multitude of known and unknown impacts on environmental and wildlife health.
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Effects of Dredging on Heavy Metal Concentrations
An increase in heavy metal concentrations was detected in wading bird eggs after dredging activity in the Tóbari Bay lagoon system in southern Sonora, Mexico.
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