Temporal trends of organochlorines and mercury in seabird eggs from the Canadian Arctic, 1975-2003

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 599-613

  Braune, Birgit M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Mercury; Organochlorines; Seabirds; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHLORINE; MERCURY (METAL); PESTICIDES; SELENIUM; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CANADIAN ARCTIC; ORGANOCHLORINES; SEABIRDS; TEMPORAL TREND;

BIRDS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; ISLAND; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; FULMAR; ISOTOPE LABELING; KITTIWAKE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SEABIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URIA LOMVIA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; CHLORDAN; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MERCURY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OVUM; PESTICIDES; SELENIUM; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARIDAE; LARUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 34249330708     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.11.024     Document Type: Article

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