AIR POLLUTION AND HUMMINGBIRDS

Courtesy Recent Science Inventory records from the EPA  Thu, 05/14/2009 - 13:46

A multidisciplinary team of EPA-RTP ORD pulmonary toxicologists, engineers, ecologists, and statisticians have designed a study of how ground-level ozone and other air pollutants may influence feeding activity of the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).

Because hummingbirds breathe many times more air per body weight than mice (which decrease their spontaneous wheel running activity with ozone exposure), they may also experience adverse effects from ozone.

Building on a preliminary study design that Dr. Gary Hatch (NHEERL) developed, the study can provide...

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