Persistent organochlorine contaminants in eggs of northern goshawk and Eurasian buzzard from northeastern Spain: Temporal trends related to changes in the diet

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-359

  Mañosa, Santi ^a,b   Mateo, Rafael ^a   Freixa, Cristina ^a   Guitart, Raimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Accipitridae; Aves; Buteo buteo; Monitoring; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; IMPURITIES; NUTRITION; PESTICIDES;

DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS;

POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; EGG; ORGANOCHLORINE; RAPTOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRD; BUTEO BUTEO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EGG; EGG SHELL; EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREY; RABBIT; SPAIN;

CATALONIA; LA SEGARRA; SPAIN;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0037381921     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00334-2     Document Type: Article

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