Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) residues in the eggs of coastal-nesting birds from Britain

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 509-513

  Shore, Richard F ^a   Wright, Julian ^a   Horne, Janice A ^a   Sparks, Timothy H ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; COASTAL ZONE; EGG; PAH;

ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033152714     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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