| hematology and absence of hemoparasites in breeding common terns (sterna hirundo) from cape cod, massachusetts. | in june and july 1995, 98 breeding common terns (sterna hirundo) were captured, weighed, and bled as a part of ongoing research on the population health and reproductive biology of this species of special concern. packed cell volume, total and differential white blood cell counts, and blood smears were obtained. blood smears from 75 terns were examined. no hemoparasites were found. there were some significant differences among hematologic parameters in birds from different islands, and between b ... | 2009 | 19746853 |
| integrating monitoring and genetic methods to infer historical risks of pcbs and dde to common and roseate terns nesting near the new bedford harbor superfund site (massachusetts, usa). | common and roseate terns are migratory piscivorous seabirds with major breeding colonies within feeding range of the polychlorinated biphenyl (pcb)-contaminated new bedford harbor (nbh, ma, usa) superfund site. our longitudinal study shows that before pcb discharges into nbh ceased (late 1970s), tern eggs had very high but variable pcb concentrations. however, egg concentrations of pcbs as well as dde (1,1-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-2,2-dichloroethene), the degradation product of the ubiquitous global ... | 2016 | 27564328 |