Record #:

1465

Author(s):

Lee, David S.

Abstract:

A few years ago the osprey neared extinction as eggshell thinning, caused by DDT, reduced populations. Yet once regulations banned the use of pesticides that accumulate in such organisms as fish, on which ospreys feed, populations stabilized.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Mar 1994, p14-19, il

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Osprey