Welcome to the Environmental Contaminants Electronic Library site. This site contains fact sheets and other outreach materials released by the National Division of Environmental Contaminants office. Some offices in other U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Regions as well as some of the Service's Partner Agencies have also posted Environmental Contaminants documents and information (see links below).

Please note: most of these documents are in "PDF" format, to view "PDF" files, you may need to download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from Adobe, Inc.

Documents posted to the library in the last 3 months.

Other Fish and Wildlife Service Sites with Environmental Contaminants documents:

• The Southwest Region Electronic Library houses most of the Region's Environmental Contaminants Investigation Reports along with many other public documents.

• The Mountain-Prarie Region's Environmental Contaminants site has a bibliography of the Region's reports listed by state.

Service Partner Sites with Environmental Contaminants Information:

• The US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Wildlife and Contaminants Online. Provides links to:
  — Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Residing in Estuaries (contains summaries of biological characteristics, and contaminant exposure and effects data for 25 species commonly found in estuaries).
  — Contaminant Exposure and Effects -- Terrestrial Vertebrates Database (CEE-TV). (user-friendly searchable database for the Atlantic coast region containing ecotoxicological exposure and effects information on over 150,000 individual animals representing 200 species of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals).
  —Utility and Vulnerability Ranking Programs for Terrestrial Vertebrates (developed to rank terrestrial vertebrates for their utility in biomonitoring and susceptibility to certain contaminants).

• The US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Online Publications and Data.

   

Updated: March 15, 2004