ABSTRACT
This book is a result of the authors' more than 40 years of study on the behavior, populations, and heavy metals in the colonial waterbirds nesting in Barnegat Bay and the nearby estuaries and bays in the Northeastern United States. From Boston Harbor to the Chesapeake, based on longitudinal studies of colonial waterbirds, it provides a clear pictu
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|103 pages
Introduction to Barnegat Bay and Northeast Estuaries
chapter Chapter 1|35 pages
Introduction
chapter Chapter 2|32 pages
Barnegat Bay and Other Northeast Estuaries
chapter Chapter 3|33 pages
Species, Methods, and Approaches
part II|122 pages
Habitat and Populations Dynamics
chapter Chapter 4|32 pages
Habitat
chapter Chapter 5|25 pages
Population Trends of Colonial Waterbirds in Barnegat Bay
chapter Chapter 6|32 pages
Population Trends of Colonial Waterbirds in Other Northeast Bays
chapter Chapter 7|30 pages
Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, and Suitable Nesting and Foraging Habitat
part III|198 pages
Metals
chapter Chapter 8|16 pages
Overview of Ecotoxicology for Birds
chapter Chapter 9|31 pages
Effects of Metals in Birds
chapter Chapter 10|34 pages
Heavy Metals in Fish, Lower Trophic Levels, and Passerine Birds
chapter Chapter 11|50 pages
Heavy Metal Levels in Terns and Black Skimmers
chapter Chapter 12|30 pages
Heavy Metal Levels in Gulls
chapter Chapter 13|34 pages
Heavy Metal Levels in Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons, and Ibises
part IV|62 pages
Implications, Conclusions, and the Future