Identifying pollution hot spots from polychlorinated biphenyl residues in birds of prey

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2519-2524

  Broughton, Richard K ^a   Osborn, Daniel ^a   Shore, Richard F ^a   Wienburg, Claire L ^a   Wadsworth, Richard A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Cluster analysis; Monte Carlo; Pollution hot spot; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLLUTION HOT SPOTS;

TOXICITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER LEVEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAPTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER NISUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 0141736886     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-302     Document Type: Article

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