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Study Description

Title:
Effects of Dioxins, Furans, PCBs, and PBDEs on Nesting Success of Osprey along the Columbia River System, Puget Sound, Yakima River, and Willamette River

Status: Completed

Synopsis:
The USGS Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program promotes the concept of using a top avian predator species for monitoring the health of large rivers, bays, and estuaries. This program uses Osprey information from Pacific Northwest studies to assess the utility of the species for contaminant monitoring and research purposes. This evaluation examines Osprey life history traits, links contaminant concentration in bird eggs to concentrations in the diet (fish) and wintering ground contaminant exposure, and determines the usefulness of the Osprey for evaluating selected emerging contaminants.

Related Publications:

Grove, R.A., Henny, C.J., Kaiser, J.L., 2009, Osprey- Worldwide sentinel species for assessing and monitoring environmental contamination in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries: Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B, v. 12, no. 1, p. 25-44. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1919
Henny, C.J., Kaiser, J.L., Grove, R.A., 2009, PCDDs, PCDFs, PCBs, OC pesticides and mercury in fish and osprey eggs from Willamette River, Oregon (1993, 2001, and 2006) with calculated biomagnification factors: Ecotoxicology, v. 18, no. 2, p. 151-173. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 2043
Grove, R.A., 2009, The osprey as a sentinel species for environmental monitoring: Lab International, v. 23, no. 1, p. 6-9. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 2291
Johnson, B.L., Kaiser, J.L., Henny, C.J., Grove, R.A., 2008, Prey of nesting ospreys on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, Oregon and Washington: Northwest Science, v. 82, no. 3, p. 229-236. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1944
Henny, C.J., Grove, R.A., Kaiser, J.L., 2008, Osprey distribution, abundance, reproductive success and contaminant burdens along Lower Columbia River, 1997/1998 versus 2004: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 54, p. 525-534. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1880
Chu, S., Henny, C.J., Kaiser, J.L., Drouillard, K.G., Haffner, G.D., Letcher, R.J., 2007, Dacthal and chlorophenoxy herbicides and chlorothalonil fungicide in eggs of osprey (Pandion haliaetus) from the Duwamish-Lake Washington-Puget Sound area of Washington state, U.S.A.: Environmental Pollution, v. 145, p. 374-381. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1545
Elliott, J.E., Morrissey, C.A., Henny, C.J., Ruelas Inzunza, E., Shaw, P., 2007, Satellite telemetry and prey sampling reveal contaminant sources to Pacific Northwest ospreys: Ecological Applications, v. 17, no. 4, p. 1223-1233. [Highlight] [FullText] Catalog No: 1634
Henny, C.J., Elliott, J.E., 2007, Chapter 18- Toxicology In Bird, D.M., Bildstein, K., eds., Raptor Research and Management Techniques: Blaine, WA, Hancock House, p. 329-350. [FullText] Catalog No: 1669
Henny, C.J., Grove, R.A., Kaiser, J.L., Bentley, V.R., 2004, An evaluation of osprey eggs to determine spatial residue patterns and effects of contaminants along the lower Columbia River, U.S.A. In Chancellor, R., Meyburg, B., eds., Raptors Worldwide: Budapest, Hungary, WWGBP/MME, p. 369-388. [Highlight]  [FullText] Catalog No: 1268
Henny, C.J., 2003, Species account Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) In Marshall, D.B., Hunter, M.G., Contreras, A.L., eds., Birds of Oregon: Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University Press, p. 136-138. [FullText] Catalog No: 1190
Henny, C.J., Kaiser, J.L., Grove, R.A., Bentley, V.R., Elliott, J.E., 2003, Biomagnification factors (fish to osprey eggs from Willamette River, Oregon, U.S.A.) for PCDDS, PCDFS, PCBS, and OC pesticides: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 84, no. 3, p. 275-315. [Highlight] [Abs] [FullText] Catalog No: 1195
Henny, C.J., Kaiser, J.L., Grove, R.A., Ruth, M.M., 2002, Ospreys in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest (Revised 2005): U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 153-02 , p. 4. [FullText] Catalog No: 1150
Martell, M.S., Solensky, M., Henny, C.J., Nye, P., McMillian, M., 2002, Fall migration of North American ospreys as determined by satellite telemetry (Abstract only) In Yosef, R., Miller, M.L., Pepler, D., eds., Raptors in the New Millennium: Eilat, Israel, International Birding & Research Center, p. 139. [FullText] Catalog No: 1152
Elliott, J.E., Wilson, L.K., Henny, C.J., Trudeau, S.F., Leighton, F.A., Kennedy, S.W., Cheng, K.M., 2001, Assessment of biological effects of chlorinated hydrocarbons in osprey chicks: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 20, no. 4, p. 866-879. [FullText] Catalog No: 900
Martell, M.S., Henny, C.J., Nye, P., Solensky, M.J., 2001, Fall migration routes, timing, and wintering sites of North American ospreys as determined by satellite telemetry: The Condor, v. 103, no. 4, p. 715-724. [Abs] [FullText] Catalog No: 1064
Elliott, J.E., Macmer, M.M., Wilson, L.K., Henny, C.J., 2000, Contaminants in ospreys from the Pacific Northwest- II. Organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and mercury, 1991-1997: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 38, no. 1, p. 93-106. [Abs] [FullText] Catalog No: 643
Martell, M.S., Henny, C.J., Nye, P., Solensky, M., 2000, Migration strategies and wintering areas of North American ospreys as revealed by satellite telemetry: Microwave Telemetry Newsletter, v. 1, no. 2, p. 3-4. [FullText] Catalog No: 816
Martell, M.S., Kennedy, M.J., Henny, C.J., Nye, P., 1998, Highway to the tropics- Using satellite telemetry and the Internet to track ospreys in the Western Hemisphere In Leshem, Y., Lachman, E., Berthold, B., eds., Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries- Scientific and Educational Aspects of Migrating Bird Conservation. Proceedings of the International Seminar, Eilat, Israel, August 31 - September 9, 1997: Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel-Aviv University, Department of Zoology, p. 163-172. [FullText] Catalog No: 322
Elliott, J.E., Machmer, M.M., Henny, C.J., Wilson, L.K., Norstrom, R.J., 1998, Contaminants in ospreys from the Pacific Northwest- I. Trends and Patterns in polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and -dibenzofurans in eggs and plasma: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 35, no. 4, p. 620-631. [Abs] [FullText] Catalog No: 502

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