Cytochrome P450 and organochlorine contaminants in black-crowned night- herons from the Chesapeake Bay region, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2315-2322

  Rattner, Barnett A ^a   Melancon, Mark J ^a   Rice, Clifford P ^a   Riley Jr , Walter ^a   Eisemann, John ^a   Hines, Randy K ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Biomonitoring; Polychlorinated biphenyl congeners; Toxic equivalents

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRDS; BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON; CYTOCHROME P-450; CYTOCHROME P450; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS; POLLUTION INDICATORS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

ANIMALIA; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0030749101     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2315:CPAOCI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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