A cross-taxa survey of organochlorine pesticide contamination in a Costa Rican wildland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-251

  Klemens, J A ^a,b   Wieland, M L ^a   Flanagin, V J ^a   Frick, J A ^a   Harper, R G ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Birds; Costa Rica; Mice; Organochlorine pesticides; Turtles

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION;

PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION;

PESTICIDES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTECTED AREA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; TURTLE; WILDLIFE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COSTA RICA; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; DIELDRIN; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEPTACHLOR; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; MICE; TURTLES;

COSTA RICA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037397526     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00293-2     Document Type: Article

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