Comparison of organochlorine concentrations and patterns between free-ranging zooplankton and zooplankton sampled from seabirds' stomachs

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 685-689

  Borgå, Katrine ^a,d   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a   Skaare, Janneche U ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arctic; Chlorinated pesticides; Diet; PCB; Prey selectivity; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; OCEAN HABITATS;

BACTERIAL DEGRADATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LARIDAE; LIBELLULA; THEMISTO; THEMISTO LIBELLULA; THYSANOESSA; THYSANOESSA INERMIS; URIA LOMVIA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0642280857     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00539-3     Document Type: Article

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