Organochlorines in eggs and food organisms of avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Dietrich, S ^a   Buthe A ^b   Denker, E ^b   Hotker H ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; EGG; ESTUARY; FEMALE; FOOD; FRANCE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GERMANY; INSECTICIDES; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORTUGAL; SEASONS;

AVOCET; BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; EGGS; FAT; FOOD ORGANISMS; HCB; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS;

FRANCE; PORTUGAL; WADDEN SEA;

CHARADRIIDAE; RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA;

EID: 0030621233     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900323     Document Type: Article

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