Directed transport of volatile organochlorine pollutants to polar regions: The effect of the contamination pattern of Antarctic seabirds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Van Den Brink, N W ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

hexachlorobenzene; organochlorine; polychlorinated biphenyls; preen oil

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; OIL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRDS; CONTAMINATION PATTERN; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLAR SPECIES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECTS; POLLUTION PATTERN; SEABIRD; VOC;

ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0030618075     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05440-5     Document Type: Article

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