Organochlorine and trace metal residues in adult southern bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii) in southeastern Australia

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1464-1471

  Allinson, Graeme ^a,c   Mispagel, Cindi ^a   Kajiwara, Natsuko ^b   Anan, Yasumi ^b   Hashimoto, Junko ^b   Laurenson, Laurie ^a   Allinson, Mayumi ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Metals; Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii; Organochlorine compounds; Southern bent wing bats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; PESTICIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AUSTRALIA; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII BASSANII; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SOUTHERN BENT WING BATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CADMIUM; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; COBALT; COPPER; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; LINDANE; LIPID; MERCURY; METAL; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIODIVERSITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PESTICIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BAT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHLORDANE; DDE; DDT; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII BASSANII; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NARACOORTE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII BASSANII;

EID: 33746013195     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.12.067     Document Type: Article

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