Contaminant residues in seabird eggs from the Canadian Arctic. II. Spatial trends and evidence from stable isotopes for intercolony differences

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 133-145

  Braune, B M ^a   Donaldson, G M ^b   Hobson, K A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Chelsea Creek Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Metals; Organochlorines; Seabird; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM;

SEABIRD EGGS;

ISOTOPES;

1,2,4,5 TETRACHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIRD; BREEDING; CANADA; DIET; EGG; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ISOTOPES; OVUM;

CANADA;

CEPPHUS GRYLLE; LARIDAE; LARUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0036145042     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00186-5     Document Type: Article

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