High levels of HCB and DDE associated with reproductive failure in prairie falcons (Falco mexicanus) from California

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-15

  Jarman, W M ^a   Burns, S A ^a   Bacon, C E ^a   Rechtin, J ^b,c   DeBenedetti, S ^b   Linthicum, J L ^a   Walton, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pinnacles National Monument   (United States)

^c Modoc National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOTOXICITY; EDEMA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONITORING; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CALIFORNIA; DICHLOROETHENYLIDENE BIS CHLOROBENZENE; FLORISIL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; PRAIRIE FALCON;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

DDE; EGG; HCB; ORGANOCHLORINE; PRAIRIE FALCON; REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

CICONIIFORMES; FALCO MEXICANUS;

EID: 0029659920     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900148     Document Type: Article

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