Levels and congener pattern of polychlorinated biphenyls in kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), in relation to mobilization of body-lipids associated with reproduction

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-37

  Henriksen, Espen O ^a   Gabrielsen, Geir Wing ^a   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body mass; Individual congeners; PCB; Rissa tridactyla; Seasonal redistribution

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BODY MASS; BRAIN LEVEL; BREEDING; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0029911590     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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