Temporal and geographic variation of organochlorine residues in eggs of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) (1981-1991) and comparisons to trends in the herring gull (Larus argentatus) in the Great Lakes basin in Ontario, Canada

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 512-524

  Bishop, C A ^a   Ng, P ^a   Norstrom, R J ^a   Brooks, R J ^a   Pettit, K E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGGS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; ONTARIO; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0030473522     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00212435     Document Type: Article

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