Bioenergetics-Based Modeling of Individual PCB Congeners in Nestling Tree Swallows from Two Contaminated Sites on the Upper Hudson River, New York

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 38; no. 23; pp. 6234 - 6239
• Main Authors: Nichols, John W, Echols, Kathy R, Tillitt, Donald E, Secord, Anne L, McCarty, John P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.12.2004
• Subjects: Animal migration; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Applied ecology; Aves; Bioenergetics; Biological and medical sciences; Biotransformation; Birds; Body Weight - drug effects; Contamination; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates; Energy Metabolism - drug effects; Fresh Water; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Insecta - chemistry; Insects; Models, Biological; New York; Ovum - chemistry; PCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - analysis; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - toxicity; Principal components analysis; Risk Assessment; Species Specificity; Swallows - growth & development; Swallows - metabolism; Swallows - physiology; Tachycineta; Time Factors; Toxicity; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; New York; United States; North America; America; USA, New York, Hudson R; USA, New York; USA, New Jersey, Hudson R; Ecotoxicology; Nestling; Polychlorobiphenyl; Modeling; Persistent organic pollutant; Vertebrata; Organochlorine compounds; Chlorocarbon; Biotransformation; Tachycineta bicolor; Aves; Bioenergetic model; Organic compounds

A bioenergetics-based model was used to simulate the accumulation of total PCBs and 20 PCB congeners by nestling tree swallows at two contaminated sites on the Upper Hudson River, New York. PCB concentrations in birds were calculated as the sum of inherited residues and those acquired through consum...