Evaluation of organochlorine compounds (PCDDs, PCDFs, PCBs and DDTs) in two raptor species inhabiting a Mediterranean island in Spain

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 61-68

  Jiménez, Begoña ^a   Merino, Rubén ^a   Abad, Esteban ^b   Rivera, Josep ^b   Olie, Kees ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black kites; DDTs; Dioxins; Furans; Menorca Island; Ospreys; PCBs; Raptors; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DDT; EGG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RAPTOR;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; MILVUS; MILVUS MILVUS; PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 34248376978     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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