May 23, 2018 · cormorant (kôr´mərənt), common name for large aquatic birds, related to the gannet and the pelican, and found chiefly in temperate and tropical regions, usually on the sea but also on inland …

Cormorant, Galápagos Phalacrocorax harrisi phylum: Chordata class: Aves order: Pelecaniformes family: Phalacrocoracidae status: Endangered, IUCN range: Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) …

The most widespread species is the common or great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo ), which occurs in North America, Eurasia, and Australia. This species and the double-crested cormorant (P. auritus ) …

CORMORANTS AND ANHINGAS: PhalacrocoracidaeGREAT CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo): SPECIES ACCOUNTSAMERICAN ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga): SPECIES ACCOUNTS Source for …

Cormorants and anhingas (Phalacrocoracidae) Class AvesOrder PelecaniformesSuborder PelecaniFamily PhalacrocoracidaeThumbnail description Sleek, dark-colored, large to medium-sized, …

The flesh of guillemot, razor-bill and to some extent that of the Manx shearwater, cormorant and storm petrel were eaten, fresh, or preserved by salting for later use.

DDT (Dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroacetic acid)Dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroacetic acid (or DDT) is a chlorinated hydrocarbon that has been widely used as an insecticide. DDT is virtually insoluble in water , but is …

Some of the details of Chinese life that Odoric documented, but were omitted by Marco Polo, include cormorant fishing, the extremely long fingernails of some of the natives, and the custom of binding …

The largest concentrations of DDT occurred in fish-eating birds such as ring-billed gull (76 parts per million [ppm]), and double-crested cormorant, red-breasted merganser, and herring gull (range of 19 …

Environmental chemistry Environmental chemistry refers to the occurrence, movements, and transformations of chemicals in the environment . Environmental chemistry deals with naturally …