Lipophilic organic compounds in lake sediment and American coot (Fulica americana) tissues, both affected and unaffected by avian vacuolar myelinopathy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 311, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 81-89

  Dodder, Nathan G ^a   Strandberg, Bo ^a   Augspurger, Tom ^b   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ecological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian tissues; Avian vacuolar myelinopathy; Organic compounds; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LIPIDS; PATHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

LIPOPHILIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; OCTACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYCHLORDANE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AVIFAUNA; DISEASE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE SEDIMENT; LIPOPHILICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; TISSUE LEVEL;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

AVES; FULICA; FULICA AMERICANA;

EID: 0038461881     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00682-4     Document Type: Article

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