PCB, DDT, arsenic, and heavy metal (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) concentrations in chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) eggs from Southwest Spain

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-31

  Gomara B ^a   Gomez G ^a   Diaz Paniagua C ^b   Marco, A ^b   Gonzalez M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Common chameleon eggs; DDTs; Heavy metal; PCBs

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; METABOLITES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

COMMON CHAMELEON EGGS; REPTILE SPECIES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; COPPER; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ZINC;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; METABOLITES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; EGG; EGGSHELL; HEAVY METAL; LIZARD; PCB;

ARTICLE; CHAMAELEO CHAMAELEON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; LIZARD; NESTING; NONHUMAN; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CHAMAELEO CHAMAELEON; REPTILIA;

EID: 33947713964     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.088     Document Type: Article

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