Concentration of organochlorine in egg yolk and reproductive success of Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1758) at Wat Tan-en non-hunting area, Phra Nakhorn Si Ayuthaya Province, Thailand

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-83

  Keithmaleesatti, S ^a   Thirakhupt, K ^a   Pradatsudarasar, A ^a   Varanusupakul, P ^a   Kitana, N ^a   Robson, M ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg; Egretta garzetta; Little egret; Organochlorine; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,4,5,6 TETRACHLORO META XYLENE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; META XYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOINDICATOR; DDE; EGG; EGGSHELL; INSECTICIDE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; EGRET; HABITAT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTION; THAILAND; THICKNESS; WILDLIFE; WIND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLUTCH SIZE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; REPRODUCTION; THAILAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; PHRA NAKHON SI AYUTTHAYA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA; EGRETTA GARZETTA;

EID: 34447546848     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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