Feathers as a nondestructive biomonitor for persistent organic pollutants

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 442-449

  Dauwe, Tom ^a   Jaspers, Veerle ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Schepens, Paul ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fat; Feathers; Parus major; Passerines; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BLOOD; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; LIPIDS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

FEATHERS; KERATINOUS TISSUES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NONACHLOR; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; FEATHER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING METHOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEATHER; FEMALE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATS; FEATHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SONGBIRDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 12344281248     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-596.1     Document Type: Article

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