Risk assessment of great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and DDT along the Kalamazoo River, Michigan, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1386-1398

  Strause, Karl D ^a   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a   Sook, Im Hyeon ^b   Bradley, Patrick W ^a   Moseley, Pamela P ^a   Kay, Denise P ^c   Park, Cyrus S ^a   Jones, Paul D ^a   Blankenship, Alan L ^a,c   Newsted, John L ^a,c   Giesy, John P ^a,d,e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research and Development Center   (South Korea)

^c ENTRIX   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin equivalents; Bioaccumulation; Raptors; Terrestrial food chain

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN EQUIVALENTS; RAPTORS; TERRESTRIAL FOOD CHAIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DDD; DDE; DDT; EGGSHELL; FOOD CHAIN; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGY; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; THICKNESS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DDT; MICHIGAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRIGIFORMES;

KALAMAZOO RIVER; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 34447532005     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-382R.1     Document Type: Article

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