Reduction of organochlorine residues in Goshawk eggs (Accipiter gentilis) from Northern Germany (1971-2002) and increasing eggshell index

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 495-498

  Scharenberg, Wolfgang ^a   Looft, Volkher ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Inst F Experimentelle Toxikologie ^*

^c Verwalterhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; EGGSHELL; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES;

EID: 11144342305     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.8.495     Document Type: Article

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26. th century available tous for index measurement.
27. First submitted 17 June 2003. Revised manuscript recieved 12 Nov. 2003. Accepted for publication 13 Nov 2003.