Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls from floodplain soils by passerine birds

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1503-1511

  Neigh, Arianne M ^a   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a   Bradley, Patrick W ^a   Kay, Denise P ^b   Jones, Paul D ^a,b   Holem, Ryan R ^b   Blankenship, Alan L ^a,b   Strause, Karl D ^a   Newsted, John L ^b   Giesy, John P ^a,b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Dioxin equivalents; Eastern bluebird; House wren; Kalamazoo River

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; RIVERS; SOILS; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIOXIN EQUIVALENTS; EASTERN BLUEBIRD; HOUSE WREN; KALAMAZOO RIVER;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ADULT; CONTAMINATED LAND; EGG SIZE; FLOODPLAIN; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL TYPE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; MORPHOLOGY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE LEVEL; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

KALAMAZOO RIVER; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; INSECTA; PASSERIFORMES; SIALIA SIALIS; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33746564759     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-046R.1     Document Type: Article

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