Age and accumulation of persistent organochlorines: A study of arctic-breeding glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2173-2179

  Bustnes, Jan Ove ^a   Bakken, Vidar ^b   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^c   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Arctic; Glaucous gull; Persistent organochlorines; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FOOD; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; LIFESPAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES; STEADY STATE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038761286     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-456     Document Type: Article

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