Relationships between ecological variables and four organochlorine pollutants in an artic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) population

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-185

  Bustnes, Jan Ove ^a   Miland, Øystein ^a   Fjeld, Magnus ^a   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult return rate; Arctic; Chick growth; Nesting behavior; Organochlorines; PCB; POPs

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; IMPURITIES; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FOOD WEB; INCUBATION; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS (OCS); REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ORGANOCHLORINE; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOLOGY; EGG; FEEDING; FISH; GROWTH; INCUBATION TIME; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POLLUTANT; SEABIRD; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHLORDAN; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; NORWAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; BJORNOYA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

EID: 18844402919     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.09.026     Document Type: Article

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