Organochlorine contaminants in body tissue of free-ranging white-tailed eagles from northern regions of Germany

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1457-1464

  Kenntner, Norbert ^a   Krone, Oliver ^a   Oehme, Günter ^b   Heidecke, Dietrich ^b   Tataruch, Frieda ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Falconiformes; Germany; Haliaeetus; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METABOLISM; TISSUE;

LIVER CONCENTRATIONS;

PESTICIDES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; INSECTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; RAPTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BODY BURDEN; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; EAGLE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HABITAT QUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; RAPTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WILD ANIMAL;

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FALCONIFORMES; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; INSECTICIDES; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAPTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038241075     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)22<1457:OCIBTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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