Possible chemical causes of skeletal deformities in grey heron nestlings (Ardea cinerea) in North Nottinghamshire, UK

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 400-409

  Thompson, Helen M ^a   Fernandes, Alwyn ^a   Rose, Martin ^a   White, Shaun ^a   Blackburn, Adrian ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b North Nottinghamshire Ringing Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformities; Grey herons; PCB; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DEFORMITIES; GREY HERONS; NESTLINGS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

CALCIUM; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIODIVERSITY; BONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ABNORMALITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DIOXIN; NESTLING; PCB; PCDF; SKELETON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG; FEEDING; GREY HERON; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SKELETON MALFORMATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARDEA CINEREA; AVES;

EID: 33747390511     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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