PCBs, TEQs and plasma retinol in grey heron (Ardea cinerea) hatchlings from two rookeries in Norway

Chemosphere

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 483-489

  Jenssen, Bjorn Munro ^a   Nilssen, Vibeke Henden ^a   Murvoll, Kari Mette ^a   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Birds; Organochlorines; Pollution; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

FISH-EATING BIRDS; HATCHLINGS;

BIODIVERSITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RETINOL;

BIRD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARDEA CINEREA; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A;

ARDEA CINEREA; ARDEIDAE; AVES;

EID: 0034958466     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(00)00284-8     Document Type: Article

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