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

part I|103 pages

Introduction to Barnegat Bay and Northeast Estuaries

chapter Chapter 1|35 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 3|33 pages

Species, Methods, and Approaches

part II|122 pages

Habitat and Populations Dynamics

part III|198 pages

Metals

part IV|62 pages

Implications, Conclusions, and the Future