The
Conservation Biology Program - Contaminants Group at the Forest and
Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, Oregon investigates the
environmental fate,
biological accumulation, and adverse effects of contaminants on
wildlife populations. Contaminants currently or previously
under investigation include insecticides (organochlorines,
organophosphates, carbamates), metals from mining (lead, mercury),
flame retardants, herbicides and fungicides, industrial
chemicals, tributyltin, endocrine disruptors, immune suppressors, lead
shot,
and drainwater from agricultural
areas (boron and selenium). Our mission at USGS is to provide
research and technical
assistance in support of sound management and conservation of
biological systems in the western United States.
Above photo: Osprey nest on a channel
marker on
the
Columbia River, Oregon and Washington (Mount Hood in the
background) (photo, Jim Kaiser). |
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Interior | U.S. Geological Survey