PCBs and organochlorine pesticide residues in eggs of Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii) in the north-eastern Mediterranean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 377-388

  Goutner, Vassilis ^a   Albanis, Triantafyllos ^b   Konstantinou, Ioannis ^b   Papakonstantinou, Kostas ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Ornithological Society Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Larus audouinii; Mediterranean; Organochlorines; Polychlorobiphenyls

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

SPATIAL PATTERNS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; ALPHA LINDANE; BETA LINDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; MITOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 101; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 118; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 20; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 28; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 52; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 8; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES;

(NORTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

LARUS AUDOUINII;

EID: 0034904879     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00165-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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