Accumulation pattern of persistent organochlorine residues in common cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) from Japan

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 186-193

  Guruge, Keerthi Siri ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Fukuda, Michio ^b   Yamagishi, Sathoshi ^c   Tatsukawa, Ryo ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Zoological Park Society   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlordanes; Common cormorant; DDTs; HCB; HCHs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH CURVE; JAPAN; JUVENILE; LAKE; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PHALACROCORAX CARBO; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRDS; ORGANOCHLORINES;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030617790     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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