PCBs and organochlorine pesticide residues in eggs of threatened colonial charadriiform species (Aves, Charadriiformes) from wetlands of international importance in northeastern Greece

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-163

  Goutner, Vassilis ^a   Albanis, Triantafyllos ^b   Konstantinou, Ioannis ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greek wetlands; Larus melanocephalus; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Recurvirostra avosetta; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEABIRD; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIIFORMES; LARUS MELANOCEPHALUS; RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 31944439619     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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