Use of the nile monitor, Varanus niloticus L (Reptilia: Varanidae), as a bioindicator of organochlorine pollution in African wetlands

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-366

  Berny, P J ^a   De Buffrenil V ^b   Hemery G ^c  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b National Museum of Natural History   (France)

^c National Museum of Natural History   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROGRAPHY; NILE MONITOR; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; REPTILE; SOIL POLLUTION; VARANUS NILOTICUS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CHAD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; LIZARDS; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

REPTILIA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 33749996672     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1074-z     Document Type: Article

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