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Sonoran Joint Venture
  • About
    • Where We Work
    • Staff
    • Management Board
    • Science Working Group
    • Our Partners
    • Media Kit
  • News
    • Recent News
    • 2024 Events Calendar
    • eBulletin
    • Listserv
  • Resources
    • Arizona Species and Habitat Accounts
    • Borderlands Avian Data Center
    • PLuMA
    • Threats From Open Pipes
  • Planning
    • Strategic Plan
    • Conservation Implementation Plan
    • Bird Conservation Plan
    • Waterfowl Management Supplement
  • Funding
    • SJV Awards Program
    • Funded Projects
Roseate Spoonbills in flight (photo by Germán Leyva).

Pharmaceutical Diclofenac found in Wading Bird Eggs

July 12, 2023September 23, 2022

Human and livestock pharmaceuticals are increasingly entering ecosystems as contaminants, leading to a multitude of known and unknown impacts on environmental and wildlife health.

Tags contaminants, Diclofenac, Sonora, wading birds
Great Blue Heron nest with eggs (photo courtesy of Jaqueline García Hernández).

Effects of Dredging on Heavy Metal Concentrations

July 12, 2023September 23, 2022

An increase in heavy metal concentrations was detected in wading bird eggs after dredging activity in the Tóbari Bay lagoon system in southern Sonora, Mexico.

Tags Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, contaminants, Heavy metals, Sonora, wading birds

The Sonoran Joint Venture is a regional partnership working to conserve the unique birds and habitats of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

El Sonoran Joint Venture es una sociedad regional que trabaja para la conservación de las singulares aves y hábitats del suroeste de los Estados Unidos y noroeste de México.

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520 N. Park Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719

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520 N. Park Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719

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  • About
    • Where We Work
    • Staff
    • Management Board
    • Science Working Group
    • Our Partners
    • Media Kit
  • News
    • Recent News
    • 2024 Events Calendar
    • eBulletin
    • Listserv
  • Resources
    • Arizona Species and Habitat Accounts
    • Borderlands Avian Data Center
    • PLuMA
    • Threats From Open Pipes
  • Planning
    • Strategic Plan
    • Conservation Implementation Plan
    • Bird Conservation Plan
    • Waterfowl Management Supplement
  • Funding
    • SJV Awards Program
    • Funded Projects