PCB congener profiles in nestling tree swallows and their insect prey

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-263

  Papp, Zsuzsanna ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   Sebastian, Mary ^b   Smits, Judit E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; FLY; FOOD WEB; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PCB; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FOOD WEB; INSECT; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONTARIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SWALLOWS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 33845729012     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0037-z     Document Type: Article

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