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Dioxins and furans linked to reproductive impairment in wood ducks Dioxins and furans linked to reproductive impairment in wood ducks

A wetland in central Arkansas was contaminated with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans and because the area was a major waterfowl habitat, we studied the effects of the contamination on nesting wood ducks (Aix sponsa) during 1988-90. Residues in wood duck eggs, based on toxicity equivalency factors (TEFs) for combined compounds, ranged from 0.2 to 611...
Authors
Donald H. White, John T. Seginak
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