| organochlorine residues in six species of estuarine birds, south carolina, 1971-75. | in south carolina between 1971 and 1975, authors evaluated the occurrence of organochlorine residues in the laughing gull (larus atricilla), white ibis (eudocimus albus), glossy ibis (plegadis falcinellus), american oystercatcher (haematopus palliatus), willet (catoptrophorus semipalmatus), and ruddy turnstone (arenaria interpres). tissues of birds found dead and eggs were analyzed, eggshell thicknesses were measured, and incidental observations were made of reproductive success and population s ... | 1979 | 117426 |
| ornithodoros (alectorobius) capensis neumann (acari: ixodoidea: argasidae), a parasite of seabirds, established along the southeastern seacoast of the united states. | ornithodoros (alectorobius) capensis neumann, an ectoparasite of seabirds found circumglobally in the tropics and subtropics, has become established along the southeastern seacoast of the united states. the tick has been found feeding primarily on brown pelicans, pelecanus occidentalis, but also has been found on the laughing gull, larus atricilla, and the american oystercatcher, haematopus palliatus. we report here the presence of o. (a.) capensis from new hanover and brunswick counties (near t ... | 1992 | 1495062 |