Within- and among-clutch variation of organohalogenated contaminants in eggs of great tits (Parus major)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 355-359

  Van den Steen, E ^a   Dauwe, T ^a   Covaci, A ^a   Jaspers, V L B ^a   Pinxten, R ^a   Eens, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eggs; Laying order; Organochlorine pesticides; Passerines; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; FOOD PRODUCTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EGGS; LAYING ORDER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PASSERINES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

IMPURITIES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HALOGEN; LIPID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DDT; EGG; INSECTIVORE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INSECTIVORE; LAND BIOME; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; SAMPLE; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DDT; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; INSECTS; PASSERIFORMES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 33748339196     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.053     Document Type: Article

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