Organochlorines in Greenland glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) and Icelandic gulls (Larus glaucoides)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 117-130

  Cleemann, M ^a   Riget, F ^b   Paulsen, G B ^a   Dietz, R ^b  

^a D   (Denmark)

^b T   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DDT; Glaucous gull; Greenland; HCB; HCH; Icelandic gull; Organochlorine pesticides; PCB

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; AROCLOR; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEABIRD;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOMETRY; GREENLAND; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREENLAND;

LARUS GLAUCOIDES; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0033961199     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00437-4     Document Type: Article

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