Biomagnification of PBDEs in three small terrestrial food chains

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 411-416

  Voorspoels, Stefan ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Jaspers, Veerle L B ^a   Neels, Hugo ^a   Schepens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; METABOLISM; TISSUE;

METABOLIC CAPACITY; ORGANOHALOGENS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; METABOLISM; TISSUE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CANID; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PASSERINE; PBDE; RAPTOR; RODENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BIRD; BUZZARD; CALCULATION; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOX; HABITAT; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPARROWHAWK; VOLE; VULPES VULPES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MURINAE; PASSERIFORMES; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

ACCIPITER NISUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; AVES; BUTEO BUTEO; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MUS; PARUS MAJOR; RODENTIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33846194585     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061408k     Document Type: Article

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