Organochlorine compounds in Pelicans (Pelecanus crispus and Pelecanus onocrotalus) nesting at Lake Mikri Prespa, North Western Greece

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 383-389

  Crivelli, A J ^a   Marsili, L ^b   Focardi, S ^b   Renzoni, A ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LAKE WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREECE; POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREECE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0032913129     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900886     Document Type: Article

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