White-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Schleswig-Holstein no longer endangered by organochlorines

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 888-895

  Scharenberg, W ^a   Struwe Juhl, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Projektgruppe Seeadlerschutz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; EAGLE; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SHELL; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DDT; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

EID: 33846396094     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1227-0     Document Type: Article

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