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
part II|122 pages
Habitat and Populations Dynamics
part III|198 pages
Metals
part IV|62 pages
Implications, Conclusions, and the Future