Dioxins and congener-specific polychlorinated biphenyls in three avian species from the Wisconsin River, Wisconsin

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-332

  Custer, T W ^a   Custer, C M ^a   Hines, R K ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Hooded merganser; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tree swallow; Wood duck

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENTS;

WET WEIGHT CONCENTRATIONS;

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; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; DIOXIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MIREX; MITOTANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIOXIN; EGG; PCB; TCDD; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EGG; FOWL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ANIMALS;

UNITED STATES;

AIX SPONSA; ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; HIRUNDINIDAE; LOPHODYTES CUCULLATUS; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0036010582     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00103-3     Document Type: Article

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