Organochlorine contamination in bald eagle eggs and nestlings from the Canadian Great Lakes

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-80

  Donaldson, G M ^a   Shutt, J L ^b   Hunter, P ^c  

^a Chelsea Creek Consulting   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; CANADA; ECOTOXICITY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; EAGLES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ONTARIO; OVUM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032889510     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900444     Document Type: Article

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