ABAM, a model for bioaccumulation of POPs in birds: Validation for adult herring gulls and their eggs in Lake Ontario

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4339-4347

  Norstrom, Ross J ^a,g   Clark, Thomas P ^b   Enright, Michael ^c   Leung, Brian ^d   Drouillard, Ken G ^e   Macdonald, Colin R ^f  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CMC Ecological Consulting   (Canada)

^c DILLON CONSULTING LIMITED   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^f Northern Environmental Consulting   (Canada)

^g RJN Environmental   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOENERGETICS MODEL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); TOXICOKINETIC MODEL;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX;

BIRDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; EGG PRODUCTION; KINETICS; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG PRODUCTION; FOWL; HERRING GULL; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; TOXICOKINETICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MIREX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 34250824669     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062205z     Document Type: Article

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