immunological and reproductive health assessment in herring gulls and black-crowned night herons in the hudson-raritan estuary. | previous studies have shown inexplicable declines in breeding waterbirds within western new york/new jersey harbor between 1996 and 2002 and elevated polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) in double-crested cormorant (phalacrocorax auritus) eggs. the present study assessed associations between immune function, prefledgling survival, and selected organochlorine compounds and metals in herring gulls (larus argentatus) and black-crowned night herons (nycticorax nycti ... | 2013 | 23212976 |