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Impact of road salt runoff into coastal wetlands and their effects on migratory waterfowl species

So far, our team plans on linking with their research topic by looking into how migrating waterfowl species that are impacted by EMR can change their migratory routes and avoid coastal wetlands that are near urban cities and towers emitting EMR. 

We want to look into the impacts that this can have on the coastal wetland ecosystem and the species that live there (Mekonen, 2017). 

Impact of pharmaceutical contaminants in coastal wetlands and their effects on migratory waterfowl species

Team Alternate Direction is connecting with our research topic by looking at how ARB can be transmitted to migratory birds to connect with our research question regarding the presence of pharmaceutical pollutants in coastal wetlands (Bean et al., 2017).

Our team will also be researching this potential link to form a better linkage of our research questions with theirs.

References

Bean, T. G., Arnold, K. E., Lane, J. M., Bergstrom, E., Thomas-Oates, J., Rattner, B. A., & Boxall, A. B. A. (2017). Predictive framework for estimating exposure of birds to pharmaceuticals. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(9), 2335-2344. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3771

Mekonen, S. (2017). Birds as Biodiversity and Environmental Indicator. Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 7(21), 28-34. Retrieved from https://core.ac.uk/reader/234657570.

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