Dioxins and related compounds in albatrosses from the Torishima Island, Japan: Accumulation features by growth stage and toxicological implications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 6919-6927

  Kunisue, Tatsuya ^a   Nakanishi, Shigeyuki ^a   Oka, Nariko ^b   Sato, Fumio ^b   Tsurumi, Miyako ^b   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALBATROSS EMBRYOS; BIOMAGNIFICATION FACTORS; TOXICOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; EGG; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; NESTLING; PCB; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOWL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH CURVE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA; TOXICITY TESTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZOFURANS; BIRDS; DIOXINS; EGGS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; JAPAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TORISHIMA ISLAND;

AVES; DIOMEDEA ALBATRUS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PHOEBASTRIA NIGRIPES;

EID: 33751096465     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061153a     Document Type: Article

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